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From 1892 to 1954, a small, mostly man-made island in

Top 10: Greatest Cities

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Great Adventures: Hernán Cortés

While growing up a sickly child in the village of

Who were les Misérables?

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Kaspar Hauser first appeared on 26 May 1828. The bewildered

Need to Know

Across the world, the stage was set for battle –

Timeline

Following the German invasion of Poland two days earlier, Britain

Britain’s Finest Hour

September the 15th didn’t start well for Keith Park. Such

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In a Nutshell

The Hungarian Revolution was a popular uprising in 1956 against

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