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February 2010

Articles from the February 2010 issue of BBC History Magazine

A ship in a storm
Georgian

How did Britain come to rule the waves?

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel
Period

Objects of affection

Siegfried Sassoon
First World War

My history hero: Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)

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A portrait of King Charles I
Period

Charles I’s secret agent

A portrait of Oliver Cromwell
Stuart

Putting words into Cromwell’s mouth

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936
20th Century

The 1930s: When the future looked bright

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Victorian

Peaceful war: was the 19th century a time of relative peace?

Richard I on a Chertsey tile
Medieval

The Library Richard I on crusade

Arundel castle at dawn
Medieval

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda

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