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A master historian’s definitive study of one of the most astonishing and influential careers in English history.
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Folklore, fairies and demonic spirits in the sceptical 17th century.
James K. Polk’s first State of the Union Address, on 2 December 1845, promoted the concept that the US should encompass all of North America.
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In 1904, when tobacco farmers of Kentucky and Tennessee formed an association to unite against the American Tobacco Company, a vigilante splinter group decided to deliver its own brand of rough justice.
As today, accusations of rape in 19th-century America inevitably, and repeatedly, met with harsh backlashes against the victims.