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April 2012
April 2012
Articles from the April 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine
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Bletchley Park: Britain's wartime intelligence factory
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The dangerous streets of ancient Rome
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The Roman invasion: whose side were the Britons on?
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Why the Seventies still matter
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Sir Max Hastings: Witness to the Falklands War
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Richard II: “I find myself a traitor”
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Ye olde travel guide: Hedeby AD 950
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St Ælfheah: Canterbury’s other martyr
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Where history happened: The Titanic disaster
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My history hero: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
