BBC History Magazine - 2017-12-28

• Churchill’s darkest hour
• Caesar’s British gamble
• The art of Charles I
• ANNIVERSAR­IES
• MY HISTORY HERO
• History Explorer: public libraries
• MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW
• My favourite place: Marrakech
• Background­er: sex and politics
• Prize crossword
• Muhammad conquers Mecca
• Queen Victoria dies after 63 years on the throne
• Religious radicals launch an uprising
• Best of British
• “Caesar himself described the landing as being ‘ the best place of disembarka­tion’”
• HISTORY NEWS ROUND-UP
• 5 things you might not know about... Leonardo da Vinci
• On the 250th anniversar­y of its birth, Julian Humphrys looks at the early history of the modern circus
• Offensive and one- sided?
• Robert Liston’s glimmer of hope
• Birmingham under attack
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• CHARLES I’S WARRIOR QUEEN
• Charles I’s other women
• When Spanish Flu hit Britain
• Pacifists and hard hearts
• Has the world been blinded by Nefertiti’s beauty?
• American icon
• Waves of time
• On the money
• Royalist recipes
• Master of war
• Potted history
• Black and British: A Forgotten History
• Passchenda­ele: A New History
• Riddle beneath La Rambla
• THREE MORE NOVELS SET IN BARCELONA
• Home truths
• ALSO LOOK OUT FOR…
• Chetham’s Library
• FIVE MORE PLACES TO EXPLORE
• Body and mind
• Q Which of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions had the biggest impact on modern society?
• Vinegar pie

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