The official website of BBC History Magazine
May 2012
Paulina Kewes considers the sources that contributed to William Shakespeare's portraya;l of Richard III
Two hundred years after the assassination of Spencer Perceval, George Pentland explains how the event was celebrated as well as mourned
Ahead of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Robert J Blyth looks back at 500 years of royal pageantry on the Thames
Matthew Hughes considers the Jewish revolt against British rule in the 1940s
Tom Holland examines the role of Abd al-Malik in the establishment of Islam in the Middle East
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