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7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Queen Victoria

Peasants in the Middle Ages at a cattle market. Cows appear to have been difficult to manage in the medieval period, and caused several deaths. (Photo by INTERFOTO /Alamy)

5 strange causes of death in the medieval period

The battle of Towton during the War of the Roses, 1461. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

12 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Wars of the Roses

British writer Hilary Mantel photographed at home. (Photo by Lionel Derimais/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images)

Hilary Mantel on the secrets of successful historical fiction

3822353 Anne Lister of Shibden Hall (oil on canvas) by Horner, Joshua (1812-84) (attr.to); 74x61 cm; Calderdale Museums Service, West Yorkshire, UK; (add.info.: Anne Lister (1791‚Äì1840) was a diarist, mountaineer, traveller and wealthy landowner of Shibden Hall, Yorkshire. ); British, out of copyright.

The real ‘Gentleman Jack’: the secret life of Anne Lister, Britain’s ‘first modern lesbian’

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s greatest queen

Matilda of Flanders', 1925. Matilda of Flanders. Matilda (circa 1031-1083) was Queen Consort of William the Conqueror. From Costume & Fashion, Volume Two, Senlac to Bosworth 1066-1485, by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London and Toronto, 1927]. Artist: Herbert Norris. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Norman women: the power behind the thrones

Victoria's unusual childhood was the making of her reign, says Lucy Worsley in the June 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

8 rules of the ‘Kensington System’ that governed Queen Victoria’s childhood

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Who killed Olof Palme?

The coronation of Queen Victoria in June 1838. Despite the many challenges of her childhood, she emerged as a fresh start for the monarchy after the unpopular regime of her uncles, Kings George and William IV. (Image by Bridgeman)

The Library “Victoria’s unusual childhood was the making of her reign”: Lucy Worsley on the queen’s youth

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Coming up in the July 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine

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BBC History Magazine’s June 2019 books list

In his native Como, Pliny the Younger's fame is reflected in his statue on the city cathedral's imposing west front, which was built in the 15th century. (Image by AKG Images)

The Library Pliny’s Rome: Vesuvius, vice and vestal virgins