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View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

Q&AWhy were people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’?

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'

Georgian gardens and historical fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Morris dancers perform

Steps in time: Dancing through history

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of Chrysippus of Soli

Q&AHas anyone ever died of laughter?

George III and the art of anatomy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of the American flag

Q&AWhat was the first ‘Star Spangled Banner’?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The bloody world of Georgian female boxing

Panic ensues in this depiction of the Peterloo Massacre, published in 1819. (The art archive/Getty Images)

Why were there so few casualties at Peterloo?

Photo of cherry bakewells

Q&AIs the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

A portrait of Janice Hadlow

Janice Hadlow"The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 astronomers you’ve (probably) never heard of

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Q&AWas Thomas Jefferson an atheist?

William Kent, a Yorkshire-born artist and architect

History explorer: The English landscape garden. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An oil painting by John Cleveley The Elder depicting the Royal Naval Dockyard

The quest for longitude: the men who mapped the surface of the earth

Photo of Chelsea Pensioners

Q&ACould you really once be hanged for impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner?

Revealed: Jane Austen's country life

Napoleon in exile

Q&AWhy was Napoleon exiled to St Helena?

A caricature of George I

The delightfully dysfunctional Georgians

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The LibraryFirst ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

Thomas Malthus and Wilkie Collins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the Zodiac Man

General ancient history

Q&AWhy did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, c1796. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview with Michael Broers: "You don't have to make up myths about Napoleon's youth – just look at his letters to see evidence that he was a great leader". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Battle of Waterloo

Q&AWho was the bravest man at Waterloo?

Historian Alexander Broadie, photographed in the Hungarian Museum. (Photographer: Jeremy Sutton)

History explorer: The Scottish Enlightenment

A poster showing an image from the history of drinking

The strange history of drinking

Revealed: how the Georgians taught us to diet 300 years ago

A glass of wine and dish

Q&AWhich are the oldest surviving restaurants in London?