Historical people

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The Dudleys: power behind the Tudor throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe

20th Century

Something's got to giveThe dramatic life of Marilyn Monroe

Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Norman

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen

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Silbannacus: the Roman emperor that time forgot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Annie Oakley: the most famous sharpshooter in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

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The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Domenico Fetti painting illustrating a melancholic woman in the early 17th century

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: how Robert Burton helped shape our understanding of the mind. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England's patron saint

Viking

The NorthmanHow the real Viking prince Amleth inspired Shakespeare

The Northman stars Alexander Skarsgård as Viking prince Amleth

Viking

“You are in their world, not in ours”: How The Northman makes the Viking Age real

Clara Barton sitting at a table

Victorian

How Clara Barton became the ‘angel of the battlefield’

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

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Titanic8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Anne Lister

Victorian

The real Gentleman Jack: the secret life of Anne Lister, Britain's ‘first modern lesbian’

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Benjamin Franklin: portrait of a revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Three Musketeers sitting at a table

Stuart

The real three musketeers: the historical Athos, Porthos and Aramis (and d’Artagnan) revealed

A cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin c1770 urging the colonies to unite and resist British rule. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

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Benjamin Franklin: from British patriot to American hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century’s most powerful ruler?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aelfwynn in season 5 of The Last Kingdom, holding the crown of Mercia that belonged to her mother

Anglo-Saxon

The real Aelfwynn of Mercia

A 16th-century portrait of Bess of Hardwick. Bess's talent, ambition and eye for a well-connected husband elevated her to dizzying levels of wealth and power in Tudor England. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

Tudor

Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I

A portrait of Flora MacDonald, who found fame as a Jacobite heroine sailing Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety

Georgian

Who was Flora MacDonald?

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Anglo-Saxon

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

A photograph of Al Capone, in a suit, looking into the camera

20th Century

Your guide to the Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

Georgian

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

Mrs Caroline Backhouse Astor

Victorian

Mrs Astor and the Four Hundred

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Georgian

Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

20th Century

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

Children's author Beatrix Potter as a young woman, c1892

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Why the real Beatrix Potter was more than her children’s tales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Charles I

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Jane Whorwood: the royalists' secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mexico’s ill-fated Austrian emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A replica of St Edward’s Crown, used in the coronation of British rulers since 1661

General History

Who is Britain’s greatest monarch?

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