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A group of Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club

Penelope J Corfield“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

18th century French caricature satirising the fashion for enormous wigs

Q&ADid Rococo wigs really have mice?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Luke Waller

The Pentrich Rising: England's forgotten armed revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Anne’s Revenge: why was Blackbeard's flagship named after the Stuart queen?

Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach, seen standing on a dock with fuses in his beard

Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate?

Barbary pirates Oruç and Hayreddin Barbarossa, the siblings who famously captured Algiers from the Spanish in 1516

Barbary pirates: the Muslim corsairs and their role in the slave trade

Henry Avery stands on the shore holding a cutlass, while his ship Fancy battles the Ganj-i-Sawai in the background

The real pirates of the Caribbean: your guide to Nassau's pirate republic

Henry Morgan on ship's deck in battle taking a hostage

Q&ADid pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?

Gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet is hanged from the gallows

Hunting pirates: how piracy's golden age came to an end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read holding cutlasses

Anne Bonny and Mary Read: the deadly female pirate duo

Map showing Sir Francis Drake's privateering fleet attacking Ribeira Grande the capital of Santiago

Privateers, buccaneers and corsairs: why not all pirates were created equal

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

A pirate ship flying the Jolly Roger closes in on another vessel during a storm

The golden age of piracy: when pirates ruled the waves

The Jolly Roger, a black flag showing a skuyll and crossbones. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Q&ADid all pirates fly the Jolly Roger?

A pirate uses his cutlass to force a bound and blindfolded man to walk the plank

Q&AWas walking the plank a real pirate punishment?

Pirates burying a treasure chest on a beach as their captain looks on

Q&AX marks the spot: did pirates bury their treasure?

A 17th century sketch of a peg-legged pirate walking with the aid of crutches

Q&ADid any real pirates wear eyepatches or have peg legs?

King George II of Great Britain

George II: 8 facts about the British king and German elector

Photo of tall ship

Q&AWho do we say 'shot across the bows'?

The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Admiral Lord Nelson: 10 days that created a legend. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the French and Indian War, with George Washington on horseback

A guide to the Seven Years’ War

The Jacobites: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1776: The year of American independence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1745: The Jacobite rebellion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This print from 1807 shows John Bull sat between the rival singers Elizabeth Billington (left) and Angelica Catalani, who sing lines adapted from The Beggar’s Opera.

Sex, lies and arias: the prima donnas of Georgian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Triumph against the odds: the 1821 Greek Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christmas feasts with Annie GrayEpisode 2: Georgian elegance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Hogarth, seen in a self-portrait with his pug

William HogarthThe satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.