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Mutiny at sea: the forgotten story of murder and brutality aboard HMS Wager

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Napoleon: the rise and fall of a dictator

Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) by Joseph Highmore (Photo by Alamy)

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The feminist who waged war on smallpox. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Walpole, the first prime minister of Great Britain

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Robert Walpole: Britain's first prime minister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Battle of Culloden. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Your guide to the battle of Culloden – plus 7 myths busted

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Ammonite and the real fossil hunter Mary Anning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A set of dentures belonging to George Washington. The first US president wore fake teeth for much of his life

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Q&ADid George Washington have wooden teeth?

A portrait of Marie Antoinette

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Q&ADid Marie Antoinette really say “let them eat cake”?

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The 1815–46 Corn Laws: your guide to the crisis and why they were repealed

Madame Tussaud's exhibition at Baker Street, London. But who was her first waxwork? (Photo by Bettmann, via Getty Images)

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Q&AWho was Madame Tussaud’s first waxwork?

Mary Anning was an extremely prolific fossil hunter

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Mary Anning: the woman who hunted dinosaurs

The 'Iron Duke' steam locomotive with railway workers

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The history of railways in Britain: from the first steam trains to the rail revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Cato Street conspirators

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To kill the cabinet: the Cato Street Conspiracy of 1820. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Engraved portrait of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America

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George Washington: your guide to the war hero, founding father, first US president and slave owner

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How slavery fuelled the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An account of the story of James Allen, whose sex at birth was revealed only by an autopsy conducted after their death

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'Female husbands': the secret lives of 18th-century transgender pioneers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actor Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster in James Whale's classic 1931 film

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: the birth of a gothic monster

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Rich vs poor in Regency Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Australian Sea Shanty band, c1988

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A brief history of sea shanties

A 19th-century engraving. A young woman plays a harp, singing a duet with a man holding the music book, Duets de L’Amour. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A survivor's guide to Georgian marriage

19th century advert for snuff

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Q&AWhat was snuff?

A cartoon depicting the Duke of Wellington, who demands attention outside a house, while the Duke of Argyll, inside with Harriette Wilson, pretends not to recognise him.

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Georgian Britain: sex in high places. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Industrial Revolution: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An East India Company official riding on an elephant

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The East India Company: how a trading corporation became an imperial ruler

Rege-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton

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Bridgerton season one: “A period drama like no other”

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Bridgerton: ripping up the rulebook on Regency romance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Editor’s pick: Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of founding father Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull

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Your guide to Alexander Hamilton, plus 6 fascinating facts about the founding father

Edward Jenner

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Q&AWhen did medical practitioners start to be called ‘doctor’?

Nelson's passion for Emma – with whom he had a six-year affair – is writ large in his letters

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Nelson in his own words. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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