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"It was the greatest act of violence for 66 million years": why the modern world was born of bloodshed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing a royal purple robe being lifted from the ground, with some dust being swept under it with a dustpan and brush

The prince and the brothel: 6 scandals that rocked the British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sex, slavery and royal scandal: how Jane Austen's novels exposed a darker side of Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson: a life of heroism and scandal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our illustration shows a woman struggling through wind and snow in 1816 (Illustration by Zara Picken)

1816: the year without summer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jane Austen, c1790

Becoming Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

How to survive a Regency marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton

Visiting Brighton Royal Pavilion, the Prince Regent's decadent getaway. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Regency gentleman greets a row of ladies

Everything you wanted to know about Jane Austen's England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency quiz - week 2

QuizRegency culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.