May 2017 (Issue 42)

Expert articles from the May 2017 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Henry Avery stands on the shore holding a cutlass, while his ship Fancy battles the Ganj-i-Sawai in the background

Stuart

The real pirates of the Caribbean: your guide to Nassau's pirate republic

Henry Morgan on ship's deck in battle taking a hostage

Stuart

Q&ADid pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?

Medieval

Richard III: your guide to the last Yorkist king of England

Portrait of the Bronte sisters

Victorian

The Brontës: the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s "greatest literary sisters"