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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

Why are people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’? (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&A Why were people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’?

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Why Napoleon merits the title ‘the Great’

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Georgian gardens and historical fiction . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Steps in time: Dancing through history

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A Has anyone ever died of laughter?

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George III and the art of anatomy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A What was the first ‘Star Spangled Banner’? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The bloody world of Georgian female boxing

Panic ensues in this depiction of the Peterloo Massacre, published in 1819. (The art archive/Getty Images)

Why were there so few casualties at Peterloo?

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Q&A Is the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

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Janice Hadlow "The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Danish astronomer Ole Romer (1644–1710). (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

10 astronomers you’ve (probably) never heard of