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Ross Poldark takes on a dangerous mission to liberate his friend Dwight from Quimper prison in France. Quimper was a real prison, which was

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George Warleggan begins to gain power as a Justice of the Peace in the third series of 'Poldark'. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode four

Ross Poldark travels to Republican France in the latest episode of the BBC drama. France was a 'brutal and dangerous' place to be at the time, says historian Hannah Greig. (BBC/Mammoth Screen)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode three

Sam and Drake Carne. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode two

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Portrait of Jane Austen (1775-1817). Private Collection. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Austen’s influences: Lucy Worsley on the author’s life and work . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jane Austen and Tudor London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting depicting an experiment in an English school on a bird in an air pump, 1768. National Gallery, London. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

How Europe won the race to prosperity

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The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode one

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Winner of the St Leger 1902. Owned by W A H Bass.

A brief history of… the Derby

Exterior of the new foyer of Colston Hall, a concert hall first opened in 1867.

Should historical place names be changed to fit modern values? Historians debate

Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison, 1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Fry: the great reformer

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Portico entrance of Oxford's famous Ashmolean Museum. (Dreamstime)

History explorer The history of British museums . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The operation

John Hunter and the horrors of 18th-century surgery

Terracotta vicar and Moses, c1770, in the Victoria And Albert Museum, London. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Vicars on the liquor

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From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket