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England

Bernard Cornwell on his novels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The spies of Queen Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bluestones, like these in the Preseli hills, were used to build Stonehenge. (Photo by Paula Connelly via Getty Images)

Britain’s buried secrets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clare Priory, Suffolk

My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VII in 1505. His claim to the throne was tenuous and he had to see off a posse of pretenders, yet he proved a canny and competent ruler, modernising the justice system and filling the crown’s coffers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry VII: the survivor and stabiliser. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Greek slavery, Victorian heroism and Dan Snow on cars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe conquest of Wales and Mary I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hylands House, Essex

The LibrarySummer holidays and Edward VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe career of one of England's most well-known kings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The origins of the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clean-up crews salvaging what they can from the ruins of buildings in Hornsey, a north London suburb, 1944. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Hitler's secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe Duke of Wellington and Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie), the grandson of James II and VII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The LibraryWhere history happened: The Jacobites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire

Dover War Tunnels

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

News for the BBC's Domesday Project and the future of the National Archives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 17th chart or map shows reefs and hazards to ships.

The notorious Captain Kidd

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

Westminster Abbey, London

Mystery and drama with the Romans and the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall

The ruined site of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the Wars of the Three Kingdoms part 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting from a new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London. 'The Cult of Beauty' explores the 19th-century artistic movement of Aestheticism.

The cult of beauty

The fine rolls of King Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.