May 2014

Articles from the May 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

French writer and futurist Jules Verne. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Jules Verne (1828–1905)

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A portrait of Di Drummond for BBC History Magazine

History explorer: The birth of the railways

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An engraving of Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor: The forgotten Tudor

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Benito Mussolini makes a speech. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Second World War

The spies who hunted Mussolini

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An illustrated map of Seville.

Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670

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A 19th-century engraving depicts a member of the crew of the 'Mignonette'

Cannibalism at sea: sailors ate the cabin boy

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A caricature of George I

The delightfully dysfunctional Georgians

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'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

First ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

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Portrait of Ian Morris

Books interview with Ian Morris: “War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies”

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An illustration from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Library Elizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics

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