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It is often claimed that press censorship came to an end in England at the close of the 17th century. But it persisted, thanks to an unsavoury network of government spies.

Thailand’s monarchy is today one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful, but the king has faced a constant struggle for survival. 

A symbol of female power in an age of patriarchy became a tool of propaganda for two prominent queens.

The image of Roman Bath was the creation of 18th- and 19th-century archaeologists. Only now are new perspectives revealing a more complex and accurate history of the city. 

Wedged between Russia, Prussia and Austria, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth faced extinction in the 18th century.

Illustrated picture books in Victorian England reached new aesthetic heights. But was it always for the benefit of the children?

The medieval approach to emergency planning may offer lessons for the 21st century.

For wealthy tourists travelling to the Middle East in the 19th century, the services of a dragoman were an essential purchase. Yet the often difficult lives of these local agents and guides remain elusive.