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Chelsea Follett Halloween draws near, and it’s the season for scary stories. I have a true one for you. The gruesome reality of ordinary life throughout much of history, which is the subject of my new book, The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past. Economic history is…

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