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Your guide to Egypt’s sun queen Nefertiti
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Outlander
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Europe’s greatest martyr: how Thomas Becket rose from the dead
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Would you have been accused of witchcraft?
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Vladimir Lenin and his lust for power
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How the 'bad boy' sculptor gives us a fresh perspective on the Renaissance
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: your guide to the poet’s life, work and love
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany: the sickly fourth son of Victoria and Albert
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Your guide to the battle of Culloden – plus 7 myths busted
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A tale of Tudor travel: John Cabot’s voyage to America
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Why was Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker?
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