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What if… the Continental Army had not escaped after the battle of Long Island?

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Recaptive Number 11,407 Piecing together the life of a freed slave

William Blake – black and white engraving

"In an inclusive public culture, Blake’s is a great, passionate human voice" Michael Wood on William Blake and Glastonbury

A painted portrait of William Blake

William Blake Romantic visionary

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Chevalièr d’Éon: the tale of an 18th-century gender non-conforming spy

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

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The children who fought for the abolition of slavery

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Napoleon Bonaparte depicted as emperor of France in c1804. By now he had his sights set on establishing a dynasty (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

How Napoleon (almost) destroyed the French Revolution