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The 1016 Danish Conquest that led to the battle of Hastings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

1066 – how the Viking diversion cost Harold his throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: California, USA

My history hero: Sam Cooke (1931–64). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Socialite, spy, saviour: Grace Dalrymple Elliott. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHitler’s fury, Franco’s guile and the bribe that saved the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryWomen pioneers in parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transcending the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Europe’s century of peace and progress. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VII’s brilliant upstarts: the lowborn henchmen who served the first Tudor king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Belgium

The search for Henry I: what you need to know

Finding HMS Terror and making sense of the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Churchill's army: the wartime leader’s military track record examined. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did women revolt in Europe?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Maya Angelou (1928–2014). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHistory explorer: the Napoleonic Wars

The LibraryEngland’s northern soul

Medieval Albigensians: Bath’s reincarnated heretics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: California, United States

The Library1666: when London burned with rage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blood and sand: Suez, Hungary and the crisis that shook the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The reluctant Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Delft, Netherlands

Holocaust landscapes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Anthropoid: behind the scenes with director Sean Ellis

What are the historical origins of darts?

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