Georgian - Getty Images

Georgian

The American Peace Commissioners negotiating the Peace of Paris at the end of the American Revolutionary War: (from left to right) John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens and Franklin's grandson William Temple Franklin.

Temple Franklin: the real story of Benjamin Franklin’s grandson

Painting of Lord Byron and his Muse

“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”: the scandalous life of Lord Byron

Lord Byron: life of the week.

The outlaw Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes

Q&AWho was Schinderhannes and why is he known as the ‘German Robin Hood’?

Michael Douglas as American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV+ period drama 'Franklin'

Is Franklin a true story? The real story of Benjamin Franklin and the Franco-American Alliance

Lord Byron: 9 objects that defined the infamous poet's life and story.

Video podcastMary Wollstonecraft: life of the week.

Clotilda: the last slave ship to America.

Margaret Lockwood as Katherine Ferrers

Q&AWere there any real highwaywomen, and did they dress up as men?

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

The Duke of Wellington: “One of Britain’s greatest soldiers, and worst prime ministers”

A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

Did the British royal family support slavery?

The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade: everything you want to know.

Mary Wollstonecraft: life of the week.

English highwayman Dick Turpin is pictured astride his horse, leaping over a gate, as he flees his pursuers

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

French Revolution podcast episodes

A portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie

Your guide to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rebellion, plus 10 facts you might not know

Happily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen's era.

Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers.

Life of the week: the Duke of Wellington.

Regency quiz – week four.

Portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns

Robert Burns: 7 facts about the life and work of Scotland's national bard

VideoWar and conflict.

Regency quiz - week three.

General Andrew Jackson (on horseback) led US forces to victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)

Regency Britain: An age of war and revolution.

Employees operate power looms at a cotton mill in Lancashire (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Reading between the lines: the real-life events that inspired Jane Austen.

VideoRegency culture.

Jane Austen, c1790

Becoming Jane Austen.

A Regency parson officiates at a wedding ceremony in a country church, 1820

How to survive a Regency marriage.

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton

Visiting Brighton Royal Pavilion, the Prince Regent's decadent getaway.

A Regency gentleman greets a row of ladies

Everything you wanted to know about Jane Austen's England.