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Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age
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Oliver Cromwell’s postal spies: intercepting letters and codebreaking in the General Post Office
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In their own words: 6 of history’s most fascinating letters
The letters that reveal Horatio Nelson’s secrets
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Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I in their own words: 5 fascinating letters from Tudor monarchs
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“If I don’t come home”: letters from a D-Day captain
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Books interview with Michael Broers: “You don’t have to make up myths about Napoleon’s youth – just look at his letters to see evidence that he was a great leader”
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