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.
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Life on Britain’s WW1 home front
The Franco-Prussian war: everything you wanted to know
How the Age of Revolutions rocked the Royal Navy
Big questions of the Crimean War: the build up
The Georgian Bank of England: a day in the life
How germs shaped human history
Salon Kitty: sex & spying in Nazi Germany
The Luddites: everything you wanted to know
Women on the front line, from forgotten commanders to cross-dressing soldiers
Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship with the Caribbean
Cornwall: a brief history
Franco’s Spain: paranoia, conspiracy & antisemitism
The myth and memory of Waterloo
Coffee history: everything you wanted to know
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Living through the Troubles
What can we learn from the fall of Rome?
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