November 2019 (Issue 74)

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

Sir Nicholas Winton

Second World War

The ‘British Schindler’ who saved 669 children from the Nazis

The Crown of Thorns allegedly worn by Christ during the Passion. It was one of the prized possessions in Notre-Dame Cathedral until April 2019 – when it was rescued by the inferno that gutted the building. (Photo by: Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Father, son and holy goat? The dark side of medieval relics

Minamoto fought Minamoto at Uji in 1184, giving the Taira enough time to regroup for a final stand. (Image by Alamy)

Clash of the Samurai: the history of Japan’s Genpei War

Scores of people milled about the entrance to the Stock Exchange on 24 October 1929, as the market went through the greatest shake up in its history. It was a light tremor heralding the earthquake to come. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The Wall Street Crash: the day the bubble burst

Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)

10 historical haunted sites across Britain

It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)

Second World War

A visit to the Churchill War Rooms, London

Illustration of pirate John Ward

Pirate John Ward: the real Captain Jack Sparrow

Two women outside a book shop in Leicester Square, London, with paperback copies of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by D H Lawrence, after a jury at the Old Bailey decided that it was not obscene. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover: how the ‘obscene’ book caused a moral storm