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Who Was King Edward the Confessor?
England's Penultimate Saxon Ruler
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Was Emperor Justinian Responsible for the Decline of the Eastern Roman Empire?
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From Bankruptcy to the Bastille: The Road to the French Revolution (#1)
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The Revolutions of 1848 Explained: Causes, Events, and Consequences
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How Did the Habsburg Dynasty Became so Powerful?
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French Revolution, the origins of political order and a bit of fiction
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Austerlitz: Napoleon's Genius and the Destruction of the Third Coalition
The Battle of the Three Emperors
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1066: The Year Anglo-Saxon England Fell (#2)
The year of the Three Battles
Nov 15, 2025
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1066: The Year Anglo-Saxon England Fell(#1)
The Road to 1066
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The Coup of Napoleon Bonaparte Explained
The ingredients and logic behind an extra-legal power grab
Oct 17, 2025
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Forging the Revolution: The People of Paris and the Politics of 1789–1795 (#2)
Civil war, the Reign of Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
Oct 3, 2025
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Valmy: The Battle That Saved the French Revolution
How a Cannonade Echoed Across History
Sep 20, 2025
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Forging the Revolution: The People of Paris and the Politics of 1789–1795 (#1)
How did the Parisians shape the course of the Revolution?
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Why Did the Goths Sack Rome?
The shocking sack that inspired Saint Augustine to write the City of God
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