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Georgian
Napoleon’s other wife: who was Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise?
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Joséphine de Beauharnais: how Napoleon’s muse became empress of France
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Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage
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Georgian
8 scandals that shocked Georgian Britain
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Becoming Elizabeth
The real history behind the new Tudor drama
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Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome
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Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh’s love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt’s fate
Ancient Egypt
The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?
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The scandals that rocked Queen Charlotte’s court
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Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty
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What Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages
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Tales of romance
The historical love stories behind 5 British castles
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Second World War
Hiding in plain sight
The prejudice and tolerance of homosexuality in WW2 armed forces
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How Georgian and Victorian same-sex couples co-opted marital traditions and made them their own
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