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'Poldark' character Aunt Agatha (left) draws our attention to the often-ignored figure of the 18th-century spinster, says Hannah Greig. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

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The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode six

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Rivoli

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Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest triumphs and disasters

Ironbridge over the river Severn in Telford, England. (Getty Images)

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Ross Poldark takes on a dangerous mission to liberate his friend Dwight from Quimper prison in France. Quimper was a real prison, which was "notorious for its terrible conditions", says historian Hannah Greig. (BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

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The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode five

George Warleggan begins to gain power as a Justice of the Peace in the third series of 'Poldark'. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

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The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode four

Ross Poldark travels to Republican France in the latest episode of the BBC drama. France was a 'brutal and dangerous' place to be at the time, says historian Hannah Greig. (BBC/Mammoth Screen)

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The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode three

Sam and Drake Carne. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

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The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode two

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Austen’s influences: Lucy Worsley on the author’s life and work. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jane Austen and Tudor London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting depicting an experiment in an English school on a bird in an air pump, 1768. National Gallery, London. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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How Europe won the race to prosperity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode one

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A brief history of... the Derby

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Should historical place names be changed to fit modern values? Historians debate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison, 1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Portico entrance of Oxford's famous Ashmolean Museum. (Dreamstime)

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The operation

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John Hunter and the horrors of 18th-century surgery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Terracotta vicar and Moses, c1770, in the Victoria And Albert Museum, London. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A revolutionary engineer and Victoria’s Indian confidant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bombay, the East India Company's port on the Malabar Coast of India, 1755. Company trading vessels are depicted in the foreground and quayside warehouses and buildings behind. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The chaotic conquest of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Duke of Wellington and his ‘Dearest Georgy’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James Sadler: From pastry cook to first English aeronaut. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Parson's Lodge Battery in Rosia Bay, Gibraltar. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Gibraltar

View of Algiers with mediterranean galleys, published in Johannes van Keulen's Dutch Atlas, 1709. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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When Britons were slaves in Africa

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Matthew Perry Entertaining Japanese Commissioners on Ship

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Statue of Toussaint Louverture, Palais National, Haiti. (Photo by Getty Images)

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