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D6TR5R Cyprus, Europe - Kolossi castle near Limassol

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My favourite place: Ronald Hutton

Denis Dighton's painting shows the defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard at Waterloo

10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign

Corfu: a Greek island getaway that owes much of its popularity to the Venetians. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

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Waterloo 200 special . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Detail from 'Portrait of James Watt' 1812, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

James Watt: your guide to the pioneer of steam engine technology

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Waterloo: what was the battle like for Wellington’s Redcoats?

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The perils of piety in Tudor England

An illustration depicting King John signing Magna Carta in 1215. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

6 Magna Carta myths explained

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The real King John and the BBC in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club

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In pictures: medieval stained glass

A dead German soldier during the Antwerp offensive

The Library Ardennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble

'The Plum Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature

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Queen Victoria at home and a new Civil War museum . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dressed-up fleas, devil butterflies and the Thames whales: the strange ways nature has influenced human history