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A portrait of Florence Nightingale

Nursing by numbers: how Florence Nightingale campaigned for better conditions

A portrait and a cartoon of George IV

The two sides of George IV: is his wretched reputation deserved?

A painting of the Princes in the Tower

Did Richard III really kill the Princes in the Tower?

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Second World War

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Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in 1137. The scene on the right shows Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade in 1147. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the medieval queen who took on Europe’s most powerful men

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