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Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

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An antislavery spy who worked for the British in New York in the 1800s lived in a house that is now home to an allergy doctor ...

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In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

As the world celebrates Austen's 250th birthday, scholars share what makes the patron saint of marriage plots more popular ...