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King John and the French invasion of England

Where history happened: Dunkirk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Where the Bosworth battle really happened and a detailed look at rationing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Bosworth site. (Photo by Darren Walker/Dreamstime)

The LibraryBosworth: did gunpowder win the day?

Did Henry VIII love his last wife Katherine Parr?

A helmet marks a trail over fields from the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, 2013. The site is close to the spot where the battle of Bosworth took place in 1485, and the place where King Richard III was killed. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Bosworth: the race to find the battlefield

Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?

Cromwell's words, Richard's crusades and the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryVictoria's ascension and the Third Reich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThomas Becket and 16th-century swimming. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Industrial Revolution is revisited and Big Ben turns 150. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Recreating a Victorian farm and the life of Captain Cook. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Paine on both sides of the Atlantic and the plight of the suffragettes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Nazi serial killer and a Tudor gentleman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The legend of King Arthur and fighter pilots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Attenborough on Darwin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient civilisations and Victorian shopping. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.