A-Level History

Biographies

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on 27 April 1759 in Spitalfields, London, an area known at the time for its mix…

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Warfare

The Battle of the Somme

By the end of 1915, the First World War had ground itself into a stalemate that nobody had planned for,…

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Disasters

The South Sea Bubble

When the War of the Spanish Succession ended in 1714, Britain emerged victorious but financially exhausted. More than a decade…

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Mysteries

The Mystery of the Hexham Heads

In the summer of 1971, a routine bit of gardening in the market town of Hexham took an unexpected turn.…

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Warfare

The Battle of Poitiers

By the mid-fourteenth century, the Hundred Years’ War had shifted from dynastic argument to brutal reality. What began as a…

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History

The History of the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games began not as sport for entertainment, but as a ritual. Their origins lie in the religious life…

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Mysteries

The Disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant enters history not as a legend, but as a matter-of-fact physical object. According to the…

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Warfare

The Battle of Cannae

By the summer of 216 BC, the Roman Republic was fighting for its survival. What had begun as a struggle…

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History

The History of Printing

Long before ink met press, humanity was already obsessed with recording things. Who owed whom a goat, which gods were…

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Biographies

Captain Kidd

William was born into a world where the sea offered opportunity and danger in equal measure. By the time he…

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