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    The truth about the Tudors: what 5 kings and queens were really like behind closed doors

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    Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s greatest mistake

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    My favourite place: Kathmandu, Nepal

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    History under attack: the destruction of antiquities in the Middle East

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    History explorer The Second Barons’ War

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    There was more to the 80s than Maggie

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    Issue 200 special: “History books will need to be objects of desire”

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    My favourite place: Kathmandu

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