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The Best Books About the History of Capital Punishment
Shepherd Books
Nov 2022
The Page 99 Test
Campaign for the American Reader, Oct 2022
How Bread Shortages Helped Ignite the French Revolution
History Channel, Sept 2019
Why Napoleon Kidnapped One Pope After Another
History Channel, Aug 2019
Why Catherine the Great's Enemies Turned Her into a Sex Fiend
History Channel, Nov 2018
What Inspired Queen 'Bloody' Mary's Gruesome Nickname?
History Channel, Oct 2018
Gothic realities: tabloid coverage of the macabre in the nineteenth century
Baillieu Library, Mar 2018
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From the 16th-century to men's rights activists, why 'cuckold' is the worst thing you can call a man
The Conversation, Dec 2017
French kissing to lesbian orgies: the origins of the myth of the debauched French court
The Conversation
July 2016
7 Key Figures of the French Revolution
History Channel, Nov 2022
Was Napoleon Short? Origins of the
'Napoleon Complex'
History Channel, Nov 2019
From feral hogs to the sow of Falaise – the history of persecuting animals for human crimes is longer than you realise
The Independent
Aug 2019
How a Scandal Over a Diamond Necklace Cost Marie Antoinette Her Head
History Channel, Dec 2018
How Marie Antoinette's Legacy Was Sullied By Vicious Songs About Her Death
History Channel, Oct 2018
Why Sir Walter Raleigh Was Beheaded
History Channel, Oct 2018
Why fake news is anything but new
Pursuit, Dec 2017
Old-school news: sensational, moralistic and, above all, sung
Aeon Magazine,
Sept 2017
Death penalty: execution ballads were the news reports and tweets of a bloody era
The Conversation
Aug 2015
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