October 2019 (Issue 73)

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

An illustration from The Travels of Marco Polo, showing a teenage Marco on the deck of a ship sailing away from Venice

Medieval

Why are Marco Polo's travels so famous?

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Pompeii: a remarkable window into ancient Roman life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Once allies, Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm (sitting to his left) had a colossal falling out over ideology

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The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler's power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

PT Barnum and General Tom Thumb

Victorian

The greatest show on earth? The myths of the Victorian freak show

A dinner scene from Downton Abbey, with large candlesticks on the table

Edwardian

Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

Courtiers dancing La Volta in a scene from 1953 film The Sword And The Rose

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Strictly shocking: the dances that shook the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.