BBC History Magazine - 2018-04-19

• Why King Henry II went to war with his wife and three sons in the 1170s
• On the trail of the actor who outshone William Shakespear­e
• The diehard Scot
• Churchill’s secret army
• MY HISTORY HERO
• MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW
• My favourite place: west Australia
• History Explorer: Kinder trespass
• Background­er: Putin’s Russia
• Past notes: garden gnomes
• Prize crossword
• Aboriginal cricketers bowl over the British
• Marie Antoinette marries the future king of France
• Imperial troops sack Rome
• Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain?
• The hanging debate
• Tapestry of horrors
• The forgotten suffragett­e
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• Why did Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage to Edward IV appal so many people?
• Did she marry for love – and, if so, why was that so shocking?
• Could Elizabeth have saved her sons from Richard III?
• Did she exploit her power to enrich her cronies?
• Did she support a revolt against Henry VII?
• When did she learn that the princes in the Tower were dead?
• Treasure your own bed
• Eat right, sleep tight
• Stick to a routine
• Talk to God
• Get creative in the kitchen
• “Rogues, vagabonds and sturdy beggars”
• The power players
• Looting and luxury dugouts
• The godfather of revolution
• The glory years
• On a wing and a prayer
• Stepping out of the shadows
• Behind the scenes in Arabia
• The bad etiquette guide
• Beyond Brideshead
• Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain by Julian Glover
• FICTION Of gods and men
• Images of war

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