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October 2014
October 2014
Articles from the October 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine
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The smile revolution against the Reign of Terror
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Did the Tudors invent the Wars of the Roses?
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Scotland on the brink: the nation’s final years of independence
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Killers of the king: the men who dared to execute Charles I
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The real Joan of Arc
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History explorer: The Chartist movement
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Steps in time: Dancing through history
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The rise of Homo sapiens
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1939: When Poland was torn to pieces
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My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany
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My history hero: Bobby Moore
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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives
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