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Alva Vanderbilt: life of the week | HistoryExtra

For ordinary Tudors, death lurked around every corner with these surprising ways to die | HistoryExtra

Michael Wood on women's contributions to the Bayeux Tapestry | HistoryExtra

How the Cold War made the modern world | HistoryExtra

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