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Charles II entering London in May 1660 following the restoration of the monarchy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

Clare Jackson"Charles II had to appeal to public opinion more than his predecessors did". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles II and an Atlantic experiment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A giant leap for mankind: William Harvey reveals the circulation of the blood

Democracy and an age of genius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Holy Roman Empire and Capability Brown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&AHow much did it cost to build Versailles?

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The Romanovs, 1913: Nicholas II with his wife and children. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview with Simon Sebag Montefiore: The Romanovs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, scandals and betrayals: Charles II and his court

Q&AWho executed King Charles I?

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate

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Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell. This is one of several replicas of a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Cromwell is supposed to have said: “I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me… but remark all these roughness, pimples, warts and everything as you see me. Otherwise, I will never pay a farthing for it.”

Why do we say 'warts and all'?

Ruthven Barracks

The LibraryHistory Explorer: The Jacobite uprisings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Somme and the Jacobites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II

How to be a successful monarch

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Inishbofin, Ireland

My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

A portrait of the writer and antiquarian John Aubrey

John Aubrey: chronicler of the 17th century

The many lives of India

Man smoking a pipe, early 17th century

Q&AWhen was tobacco first thought to be dangerous?

Photo of pipe and tobacco

Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Guy Fawkes “is like a modern-day jihadist,” says counter-terrorism expert

Picture of the Frost Fair on the Thames

Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?

A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

History explorer: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coughton Court, an English country house

History explorer: The gunpowder plot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Portrait of Oliver Cromwell', (c1653?).

Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?

The Berlin Wall and the return of Charles II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.