Literature

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Oscar Wilde on trial . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The book that transformed medieval England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrayal of the Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade Who blundered in the Valley of Death?

Lord Byron

Everything you wanted to know about the Romantics

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The Romantics: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was Shakespeare a snob? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jane Austen’s England: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll: maker of wonderlands

A portrait of Vlad the Impaler, aka Vlad II, whose bloodlust and cruelty was said to have inspired the most famous vampire of literature

The real Dracula? The bloodthirsty life of Vlad the Impaler

The characters Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, from Charles Dickens's work 'A Christmas Carol'

Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas as we know it today?

Catherine Nixey, Rana Mitter and Michael Wood, photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine

BBC History Magazine's 2022 Books of the Year 21 best books for history lovers

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Books of the year 2022 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Spiritualism, fairies, and Arthur Conan-Doyle . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sci-fi history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.