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Bernard Cornwell on his novels . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The East India Company and Nelson . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The spies of Queen Elizabeth I . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Being a British Missionary and troubles in Ireland . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The end of slavery and headaches in history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bluestones, like these in the Preseli hills, were used to build Stonehenge. (Photo by Paula Connelly via Getty Images)

Britain’s buried secrets

Hans Litten (centre) in court while representing communists, 25 August 1932. Litten’s decision to subpoena Hitler a year earlier was to cost him his life. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Hitler in the dock

A London Missionary Society (LMS) mission in Papua New Guinea, c1920s. (Photo by Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo)

Married to a missionary

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To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora, 1750–2010

A stone relief depicting men bringing gifts to the king, c500 BC. (Getty Images)

The Persian empire: myth vs reality

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Clare Priory, Suffolk

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1492: The Year Our World Began

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Portrait of physician Elizabeth Blackwell. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.