July 2013

Articles from the July 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

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The Library A survivor's guide to Georgian marriage

The British Pathe film documents the terrible smog, caused by the burning of coal, that smothered London for five days in December 1952. To watch the film, of to www.britishpathe.com/video/the-smog-menace/query/smog

History on film: London is smothered by a dangerous smog

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1013: the year the Vikings conquered England

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Second World War

China’s forgotten Second World War

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A big day in history: a woman drowns as the Kennedy curse strikes again

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The master of dressage

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The Library 5 royal births that rocked a nation

STC354355 The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st-3rd 1863 (colour litho) by Ogden, Henry Alexander (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, and is often described as the war's turning point;); The Stapleton Collection; American, it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories
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Gettysburg: Lincoln’s greatest victory

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First World War

Where history happened: remembering the Great War

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Out and about: the Mary Rose transformed

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My history hero: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747

Venice in 1338, after a manuscript in the Bodleian Library. (Bridgeman Art Library)

Q&A: When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?