Real primary sources. Real historical mysteries. You examine the evidence and give your verdict.
Each case file follows the same structure — rigorous enough to challenge, clear enough to work independently.
Each case is built around real historical documents and genuine historical debate. There is no single right answer — only better and worse arguments.
Anne Boleyn has been arrested, tried and executed in just 17 days. The charges are serious — but some of the dates are impossible. Four perspectives. One truth.
▸ Open this case file — freeEighteen people died when cavalry charged a peaceful crowd of 60,000. Who gave the order — and was it murder, a mistake, or justified force?
Four knights. One archbishop. And a king who may — or may not — have ordered the killing. Did Henry II murder his closest friend?
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Most history resources for young people treat primary sources as decoration. The Enquiry Room was built to change that. Every case is built around real documents — letters, despatches, eyewitness accounts — handled the way a historian would handle them. The questions are designed the way a teacher would design them.