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Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

10 places where history was made

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Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

German soldiers with a horse-drawn cart during the retreat from Ukraine in 1943. The idea of Teutonic efficiency was a triumph of Nazi spin, says James Holland. (Keystone/Getty Images)

The great misconceptions of the Second World War

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Wolfson History Prize 2013 special . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Visit historic Conwy

A photograph of photographer George Lowe and Cho Oyu mountain

In pictures The conquest of Everest

The Library Britain’s brutal battles for hearts and minds

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Strangers’ Hall, Norwich

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Elizabeth Woodville, the queen consort of the Yorkist king Edward IV, was a character in the BBC historical drama 'The White Queen'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with ‘The White Queen’ writer Philippa Gregory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A crew of Dambusters pictured together in c1943. The famed Dambusters raid, Operation Chastise, was an RAF attempt to breach German dams and so

The legacy of the Dambusters

A cartoonist's depiction of the Ely and Littleport riots. For the Tory government at the time, the riots were a

A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia’s rich and respectable a fright

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). I think it's safe to say that not everyone in the establishment was devastated by his death at Trafalgar, says Johnny Vaughan. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A: Why did news of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar take so long to reach England?

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Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire