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    December 2014

    Articles from the December 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

    Shocked and despondent Lennon fans gather in New York’s Central Park to mourn his death (Photo by Luiz Alberto/Keystone/Getty Images)
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    The death of John Lennon: what happened?

    An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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    Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

    British former field marshal Douglas Haig, inspects poppies before Armistice Day, October 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    First World War

    Remembering the First World War: blood, poppies and poetry

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    A Grand National Union Banner depicting president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson
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    Lincoln: The vote that saved America

    View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814
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    The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

    Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.
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    The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction

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    Sam’s historical recipe corner: Wassail punch

    British statesman and writer Winston Churchill, aged 26. Photograph by Elliott & Fry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    Books interview with Boris Johnson: “Churchill was a tremendous bully in some ways, but we needed a bully”

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    My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

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    A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright
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    History explorer: The Restoration

    Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)
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    My history hero Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79)

    Malcolm X chats with Eric Abrahams – the Oxford Union president who vowed to “fill the room with blacks” – before giving his famous address on 3 December 1964. (Getty)
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    Malcolm X in Oxford: Black power amid dreaming spires

    Elizabeth Cromwell, from an engraving published in 1800 by W Richardson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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