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)

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Father, son and holy goat? The dark side of medieval relics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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)

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The Wall Street Crash: the day the bubble burst. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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)

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10 historical haunted sites across Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A visit to the Churchill War Rooms, London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of pirate John Ward

Elizabethan

Pirate John Ward: the real Captain Jack Sparrow

20th Century

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