February 2015 (Issue 13)

Expert articles from the February 2015 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Georgian

Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Greek soldier Pheidippides arrives in Athens with news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon, only to die on the spot

Ancient Greece

Pheidippides: is the ancient Greek marathon runner remembered for the wrong run?

Relatives wave off convicts being sent from England

Georgian

Your guide to...transportation to Australia

Pope John XVII

Medieval

Has there ever been a married Pope?

Holbein portrait of Henry VIII

Tudor

Q&ADid Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

Photo of Champagne

General Early Modern

Q&AWho invented champagne?