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The Black Medici Prince of Florence
28 December 2023In the cut-throat world of Renaissance Florence, Alessandro - the illegitimate son of a Duke and a mixed-race servant - attempts to reassert the...
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Blood Countess of Hungary: Sixteenth Century Serial Killer
28 December 2023The inspiration behind countless gothic novels, Countess Elizabeth Báthory is said to be one of the most prolific serial killers of all time,...
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Joan of Arc
28 December 2023Joan of Arc is a name that’s instantly recognisable to most people. A controversial figure in her own day, she has remained so ever since,...
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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
27 December 2023March 15th 44BC is perhaps the most notorious date in all of ancient history. On that fateful day, the Ides of March, 55-year-old Roman dictator...
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England & Portugal: The Oldest Alliance in the World
27 December 2023If you’re enjoying a glass of port during the festive period, you have the world’s oldest treaty to thank.
Winston Churchill once...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
27 December 2023In August, 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie led a rebellion that brought the Jacobite cause closer to seizing the throne than any other. He had landed...
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The Book That Changed Sex Forever
26 December 2023There had been sex manuals for hundreds of years, but by the 20th century they were quite underground. That is, until the Joy of Sex was released...
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The Kennedy Curse
25 December 2023What was it about the Kennedys that attracted so much tragedy, that many believed them to be cursed?
From plane disasters in World War 2, to...
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The Rise of Christianity
25 December 2023In the fourth century AD, the Christian faith exploded out of Palestine, overwhelming the paganism of Rome, converting the Emperor Constantine in...
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Christmas Day Strangler: the murder of Gwen Ellen Jones
25 December 2023On Christmas Day 1909, Gwen Ellen Jones was murdered by William Murphy in the Welsh town of Holyhead. Anthony and Maddy tell the story with an...
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Rise of Hannibal
23 December 2023He was one of the greatest enemies the Romans ever faced. An excellent general and a larger-than-life figure, he led an army across the alps and...
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Pythagoras' Utopia
23 December 2023What comes to your mind when you think of Pythagoras, the ancient Greek polymath? Some might think of the Pythagorean theorem, a foundational...
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