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The Brontës: the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s "greatest literary sisters"

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

Murder, Inc: the rise and fall of New York City's mafia hitmen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real history behind Victorian thriller ‘The Limehouse Golem’

The Few: who exactly were the heroes of the Battle of Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mystery on Everest: did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit in 1924?

7 controversial saints in history

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I's great love

Second World War

The world’s deadliest sniper: Simo Häyhä

Isaac Newton: life, discoveries, rivalries and the truth about the apple

Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

Should we judge historical figures by the morals of today?

Emperor Nero: the tyrant of Rome

General Early Modern

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

The Voynich Manuscript: who wrote the mystery medieval codex and what is it trying to tell us?

The cosmopolitan Chaucer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cosmopolitan Chaucer: the 14th-century poet’s inventive, international life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How bloody was medieval life?

Medieval misconceptions: 12 myths about life in the Middle Ages – busted

Top 11 monarchs in British history

Percy Fawcett and the search for the 'Lost City Of Z'

Who were the gladiators of ancient Rome? Plus Spartacus, Crixus and 8 more fighters you should know

Ivar the Boneless, Ragnvald of Ed and 6 more Vikings you should know about

Æthelwold: Alfred the Great's rebel nephew

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

Who was Edward the Elder? A brief guide to the Anglo-Saxon king

Adultery, elopement and incest: the scandalous sex lives of the 18th-century Byrons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Forty-five rebellion: why did it fail?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From conqueror to youth icon: who was Cyrus the Great?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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