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Nicola Fox and Marie Curie
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My history hero Nicola Fox chooses Marie Curie . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A painting shows the West Africa Squadron ship The Black Joke engaging the Spanish slaver El Almirante in 1829. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
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Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Oliver Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell’s postal spies: intercepting letters and codebreaking in the General Post Office . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.