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    July 2013

    Articles from the July 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

    A 19th-century engraving. A young woman plays a harp, singing a duet with a man holding the music book, Duets de L’Amour. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
    Georgian

    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
    General Modern

    History on film: London is smothered by a dangerous smog

    A portrait of Swein, king of Denmark and England, taken from one of his coins. (Getty Images)
    Viking

    1013: the year the Vikings conquered England

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    Residents of Chongqing on the streets of their bombed-ravaged city in the autumn of 1940. China's temporary wartime capital was subjected to 218 Japanese air raids between May 1938 and August 1941, costing nearly 12,000 lives. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
    Second World War

    China’s forgotten Second World War

    Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy photographed shortly after the infamous Chappaquiddick drowning incident. (Photo by John Loengard/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
    20th Century

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

    Stuart

    The master of dressage

    In 1926, a time of social and political strife, the country unified in celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    6 royal births that rocked a nation

    George G Meade, best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E Lee at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (Photo by Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
    General Modern

    Gettysburg: Lincoln’s greatest victory

    The Royal Artillery Memorial in London is a tribute to the immense power of artillery and its dominant role in the Great War. Pictured here is a bronze statue of a Royal Artillery driver, leaning back against the parapet in an attitude of exhaustion or contemplation. (Photo by View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images)
    First World War

    Where history happened: remembering the Great War

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    The 'Mary Rose' after its renovation. The museum dedicated to Henry VIII's famous warship opened to the public in June at a cost of £35m. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Getty Images)
    Tudor

    Out and about: the Mary Rose transformed

    John Maynard Keynes.
    20th Century

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

    Illustration by Jonty Clark.
    Georgian

    Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747

    Venice in 1338, after a manuscript in the Bodleian Library. (Bridgeman Art Library)
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    Q&A: When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?

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