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How a 19th-century British Jew became a Zulu chieftain and slaveholding warlord
In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...
How a 19th-century treaty shaped the modern world's measurements
On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...
Museum Curators Discovered a 19th-Century Book Bound With the Skin of a Notorious Killer
Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...
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This 19th-century Hampstead house has a raw concrete staircase at its heart
‘Particularly, the opportunity to design a structure that would both complement the character of the 19th-century townhouse and introduce strong contemporary spaces.' 'The new spaces were designed to ...