Trade & Economy
Why Britain? The Industrial Revolution Was Not Inevitable
Coal, colonies, culture or cheap labour: historians still disagree about why the machine age began where it did.
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Politics & Power
Did Marie Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?
The most quoted insult in French history was written down when its supposed speaker was a child living in another country.
Politics & Power
Was Napoleon Really Short?
The tyrant with the complex is one of history’s most durable jokes. It begins with a conversion error and a very good propaganda campaign.