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BBC History Revealed Magazine
November 2016
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History of the Great British Pub
“Britain’s gone booze mad!” the tabloids cry, but the sorry truth is that we’ve been stumbling out of bars for millennia
Top 10: Unsolved Crimes
From the Princes in the Tower and Jack the Ripper to the lesser-known case of the body in the wych elm tree, Nige Tassell presents the evidence in ten of the most putrid – and perplexing – felonies in history
Battlefield: Salamis
Themistocles’ crushing naval victory at Salamis defied the odds and saved Greece from Persian domination. Julian Humphrys explains how such an unexpected feat came about and why it mattered so much Themistocles’ crushing naval victory at Salamis defied the odds and saved Greece from Persian domination. Julian Humphrys explains how such an unexpected feat came about and why it mattered so much
In Pictures: The Great Depression
On 29 October 1929, the US stock market crashed. By 1933, nearly half of America’s banks had failed and 15 million people were unemployed. en came the mid-west migrant crisis. Would America ever recover?
History Makers: Queen Anne
The last of the Stuarts is hardly England’s most famous or successful queen, but she endured hardship and despair few could imagine, writes Jonny Wilkes
Great Adventures: Everest
Pat Kinsella explores a high-altitude enigma, which might one day see the history of Earth’s highest mountain rewritten
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