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Chevalièr d’Éon: the tale of an 18th-century gender non-conforming spy
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Sidi Mubarak Bombay: the unsung African adventurer behind the European explorers
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Albert Einstein: facts about his life, death, education and work
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The fall and rise of Henry III
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Tenzing Norgay
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“An enlightened turn”: how medicine (and the vaccination) developed in 18th-century Britain
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges: how the mixed-race musical maestro Joseph Bologne became a star in 18th-century France
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