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Meghan Kobza takes us inside the world of the 18th-century masquerade, where sex, wealth and power collided with the urge to make a splash in high society – often with scandalous results
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To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
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Kate Lister guides us through the long history of female pleasure, covering everything from ancient sex goddesses to the advent of modern contraception
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Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have otherwise said
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Since ancient times, artists, writers and politicians have passed off other people’s work as their own. Roger Kreuz charts some of history’s most notorious copycats – and those who hotly denied allegations of creative th
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In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothers
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Richard Dannatt and Allen Packwood discuss the prime minister’s role in one of the major moments of the Second World War
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While history recorded his refusal to seek a third term as a legendary act of statesmanship, the opinions of the day were actually quite mixed on the issue
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From identifying weather windows for invasion or creating plans to – quite literally – foil the enemy, the roles of women surrounding D-Day were varied and vital. Elisabeth Shipton explores the jobs women held during the
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Now on view at the New York Historical, "Revolutionary Women" spotlights figures with connections to the state, including a Jewish chocolatier, a Mohawk leader and a woman who disguised herself as a man to enlist in the
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Ferrying troops to the beaches wasn’t the only contribution sailors made during the Allied invasion of Normandy. More than 80 years after D-Day, Nick Hewitt reveals how the Allied navies ended up fighting one of the most
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Her writing posed the novel premise: What does it mean to be a woman? Her early death meant she never saw the movement she inspired
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The Black Death is infamous for ravaging the population of Europe – yet it was most lethal in the Muslim world, leaving such a trail of devastation that bodies were left rotting in the streets. Thomas Asbridge investigat
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The manifesto leaned heavily on Isaac Newton’s theories in making a case for independence, and fellow founders drew on the notion to build a new system of government
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When the Great Fire of Northampton tore through the town in 1675, almost every pub inside the walls was destroyed – except one. According to a remarkable contemporary account, locals saved it by hauling barrels onto the
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Celebrating the visionary insights & darling innovators that forged a nation.
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Explore the key events of D-Day, with historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing – from Eisenhower’s risky decision to Hitler’s delayed reaction…
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A new movie starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser dramatizes the tense 72 hours before the Allied invasion of Normandy, revealing how meteorology helped determine Operation Overlord's success
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Apple TV's "Star City" takes place in a world where the space race never came to an end. A spinoff of "For All Mankind," the show is told from the Soviet perspective
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A new exhibition at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, in Philadelphia, spotlights the little-known wartime contributions of the Jews of St. Eustatius
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Hours after the attack, a police officer shot 16-year-old Johnny Robinson in the back. Then, a white teenager mortally injured 13-year-old Virgil Ware as he rode on the handlebars of his brother's bike
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Matthias Aspden spent his time abroad yearning for his "native country." His heirs later took the government to court, arguing that the estate had been confiscated unjustly
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Sylvia Barbara Soberton's latest book challenges the perception of Anne Boleyn's sister as "promiscuous, intellectually incurious and unambitious"
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