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From the home front to the front line: what were the roles of women in the Civil War?
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Elizabeth Cromwell: the life of Oliver Cromwell’s shadowy queen
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Sex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?
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Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation
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Who was the first woman to climb Everest?
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The Wife of Bath: how Chaucer’s character gives a voice to medieval women
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Who was Cleopatra? Her life, her love affairs and her children, plus 6 little-known facts
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The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?
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Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
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The real story of
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