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    The archaeologist and explorer Gertrude Bell (1868-1926). (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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    Gertrude Bell: adventurer, diplomat, mountaineer and anti-suffragette

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    Waterloo: the historians’ verdict

    Robespierre is guillotined on 28 July 1794. Had he died two years earlier, his name would now be associated with liberty and equality, argues Marisa Linton. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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    Robespierre: man of terror

    Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)
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    Vampires: a cultural history

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    Ye olde travel guide: Thessalonica 1423

    Marston Moor, near York, was the site of the greatest battles of the Civil War – the battle of Marston. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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