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    2. August 2019 (Issue 71)

    August 2019 (Issue 71)

    Expert articles from the August 2019 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

    The battle of Towton during the War of the Roses, 1461. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    The Wars of the Roses: the 15th-century clash of kings that heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty

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    Noor Inayat Khan: why was the British spy such an unlikely war hero?

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    Red summer of 1919: the history of Chicago’s race riots

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    From Sutton Hoo to Rosa Parks: 50 giant leaps in history

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    Was Ramesses II really that great?

    The HMS Victory in Portsmouth
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    A visit to HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar

    The Venus de Milo sculpture
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    Q&A When was the Venus de Milo found?

    Sir Walter Raleigh bids goodbye to his wife, Elizabeth Throckmorton
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    Q&A Why was Sir Walter Ralegh executed?

    The ancient Greek physician Dioscorides
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    Happy plants and laughing weeds: how people of the ancient world used – and abused – drugs

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    Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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    Q&A Who wrote the French national anthem?

    The Peterloo Massacre
    Georgian

    The Peterloo Massacre: how a peaceful protest turned into bloody chaos

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