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The challenges of delivering a letter in medieval England

50 Wellington displayed “remarkable leadership” at the battle of Waterloo

20 “THE SCOTS COULDONLY FIGHT ON, HOPING NIGHTFALL WOULDSAVETHEM. FORMANYITDID. BUTNOTJAMESIV”

BBC History Magazine

44 Robespierre, the Jacobins and the Terror

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Belief in vampires, from 12th-century revenants to Bela Lugosi

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