May 2013

Articles from the May 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

An illustration depicting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1865. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Q&A Could modern medicine have saved Abraham Lincoln?

Newark Castle flanked by the river Trent. To say that King John's death here in 1216 was little-lamented is something of an understatement. "With John's foul deeds all England is stinking, as does hell, to which he is now sinking," wrote the chronicler Matthew Paris. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: King John and the French invasion

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10 places where history was made

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The Library Gladiators in Ancient Rome: how did they live and

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The Library The great misconceptions of the Second World War

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The Library Britain’s brutal battles for hearts and minds

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Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with ‘The White Queen’ writer Philippa Gregory

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How should history remember Margaret Thatcher?

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The legacy of the Dambusters

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Victorian dinosaur dung billionaires

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A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia’s rich and respectable a fright

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621

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My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

Q&A: Why did news of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar take so long to reach England?