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Historical fiction and a US murder scandal . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist

An illustration of the novel ‘The War of the Worlds’ by HG Wells, made by Henri Lanos, 1905. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

In thrall to the red planet: 5 facts about our view of Mars through history

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In pictures: The photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot

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The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria

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Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial

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Corner shops and Russian ballet . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bridge Cottage, Wirral. (Photo by Corbis Documentary/Getty Images)

History explorer: the arts and crafts movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Arts and Crafts and unusual inventors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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“Welcome home, Charlie”: Chaplin’s postwar return to London

Events leading up to the battle of Hastings, and the conflict itself, are depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, a 68-metre-long embroidered frieze probably made within 20 years of the Conquest. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Bayeux unravelled: the scenes behind the threads

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History’s most fascinating muses

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Student life and working class culture . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of William Shakespeare from the title page of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays; copper engraving by Martin Droeshout, 1623. One of the earliest portraits of Shakespeare. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Shakespeare: the historians’ view

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Shakespeare rewrote history