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The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine – Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary

A Mayan funeral mask, made from jadeite and shell

The Maya and the apocalypse.

The LibraryYe olde travel guide: Hong Kong 1842.

Robert Louis Stevenson, the 19th-century English poet and novelist perhaps best known for his books 'Treasure Island' and the 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

My history hero: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94).

The Victorian trade in dead bodies.

The Uganda railway, which links Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya, was built during the period of British control of East Africa. (SSPL/Getty Images)

The dark side of abolitionism.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon's great cultural charade.

Our Lady of Sorrows, by unknown artist (20th century), photographic reproduction, 103x65 cm, inv 1602. Copyright Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosian. (Getty Images)

The day a Mexican farmer had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

Ye olde travel guide: Philadelphia 1774.

A view of Lindisfarne Castle, where a former priory became a naval depot. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the Tudor navy.

Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

Q&A: Where did the monks go after the dissolution of the monasteries?.

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Anglo-Saxon brooch discovered in Norfolk

"Pope Urban II’s address at the Council of Clermont, the moment that triggered the First Crusade, has gone down as perhaps the most influential speech in history," writes Sandbrook. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade.

Nelson mortally wounded at Trafalgar in 1805

Nelson: the unhappy admiral.

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Traquair House, Peeblesshire

Suzannah Lipscomb on the importance of the Tudors.

Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Ranger Centre, County Antrim

Alfred the Great and Æthelflæd, 13th century

The Anglo-Saxon cunning woman.

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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

British political cartoonist David Low. His caricatures of political figures including Hitler resulted in him being placed in the Nazi 'Black Book' – a list of prominent Britons who were to be arrested in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images

My history hero: Sir David Low (1891–1963).

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Q&A: When was the first wheelchair introduced?

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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain

Chepstow Castle', C1770S.

The LibraryWales in the Civil War: the last refuge of monarchy.

Ye olde travel guide: Moscow 1937.

British soldiers on the front of El Alamein. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

El Alamein: The British empire's last hurrah.

A vintage map of Europe. One of the hardest things for small nations to accept is that they're not in control over their own destinies, says Mark Mazower. (Getty Images)

The LibraryA little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics.

Q&A: How did the Colditz escapees plan to get their glider out?.

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Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in 20th-Century England