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Napoleon Bonaparte of France. (Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images)

Bad manners and a game of thrones: inside the court of Napoleon Bonaparte

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The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

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Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’. (© Netflix)

The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey

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The global legacy of Martin Luther King

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A quick history of France . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Designer duo, husband and wife Robin and Lucienne Day, 1955. The pair “were perhaps the greatest British man and wife design team there has ever been”, says Wayne Hemingway. (Photo by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo)

My history hero: Robin Day (1915–2010) and Lucienne Day (1917–2010) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Luther King waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington DC during the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

Martin Luther King’s unfinished dream: the historians’ view

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

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Sisters of mercy: the Biddenden Maids

English actor Laurence Olivier as Richard III in a production of Shakespeare's play of the same name. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Shakespeare’s best (or worst) villains

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Creating the SAS . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Memorial cross at Flodden Field, site of Battle of Flodden 1513, Northumberland, 1994. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

8 of Britain’s best battlefields

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