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Exploding Kings & Red Hot Pokers: Gruesome Deaths of Monarchs
1 January 2024Edward II died by red-hot poker. William the Conqueror exploded on his way into the coffin. Mary II went down covered in so many pustules she was...
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Fall of the Aztec Empire
1 January 2024The Aztec Empire was a large and sophisticated one, stretching at its height from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico. But in August 1521,...
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Zeus
31 December 2023Zeus, the chief deity in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of sky and thunder, and is king of all other gods and men.
His tale is one of...
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The Slave Revolt That Created A Country
29 December 2023Haiti was under French colonial rule in 1791 when the revolution began, resulting in the largest and most successful slave revolt in modern...
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Prohibition
28 December 2023On 17 January 1920, the 18th Amendment came into effect in the United States. It made the manufacture, sale and transportation of 'intoxicating...
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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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