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Maddy Smith
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What did lift-the-flap books look like in the 18th century?
‘Mother Shipton’, an exceptionally rare children’s book, has been acquired by the British Library.
Maddy Smith
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In 18th-century London, a ‘monster’ was stalking the streets and stabbing women
The mysterious culprit picked women at random and stabbed them in the thigh or buttocks with a plethora of sharp objects, from knives to pins.
Maddy Smith
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The diary of a Dutch East India Company soldier who was marooned on a desert island
Leendert Hasenbosch was abandoned on Ascension Island in 1725 as punishment for sodomy.
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