Britain • Arran Lomas
Stick a Flag in It
One thousand years of memorable British and connected world history, particularly useful for people, events and odd historical hooks.
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England
Odd rulers, punishments, customs and everyday history across England's long chronology.
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France / Revolting France
French history with particularly useful leads around revolution, rulers, war, food, fashion and punishment.
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Terrifying Tudors
Henry VIII, Tudor court life, religion, punishment, medicine and the stranger corners of sixteenth-century England.
All About History • 2019
Book of Weird History
A broad collection of strange episodes and historical curiosities, useful for finding candidates beyond Britain.
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Measly Middle Ages
Medieval work, disease, religion, punishment, food and everyday life, where the truly odd material tends to hide.
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The Rotten Romans
Roman rulers, soldiers and daily life, with excellent leads into graffiti, curses, toilets, food and military oddities.
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Wales
Welsh rulers, protest, language, traditions and events that are easily lost inside England-heavy general histories.
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