As the third series of the Anglo-Saxon drama is about to air, we speak to the renowned historical novelist Bernard Cornwell about his books that inspired the programmes, and about his writing career more broadly.
Letters from medieval England
New Zealand: everything you wanted to know
Indian experiences in WW2
US Civil Rights: the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Learning disabilities: an overlooked history
Secrets of ancient Chinese tombs
How forgers helped rescue Holocaust victims
Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know
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Did our ancestors really think the world was flat?
US Civil Rights: the March on Washington
Roger Mortimer: medieval rebel
Emotional revolution in postwar Britain
Rome vs Persia: an unwinnable fight
British seaside holidays: everything you wanted to know
Surviving Hitler and Stalin
US Civil Rights: the Montgomery bus boycott
Renaissance beauty regimes
AI: An ancient nightmare?
A jujitsu-trained suffragette bodyguard
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