September 2013

Articles from the September 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

The archaeologist and explorer Gertrude Bell (1868-1926). (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Gertrude Bell: adventurer, diplomat, mountaineer and anti-suffragette

President John F Kennedy speaking at a press conference, c1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

Q&A: If President Kennedy hadn’t been wearing a back brace when he was assassinated, would he have lived?

Wehrmacht soldiers on parade, 1937. (Bridgeman)

Second World War

Q&A: How was Germany able to  afford the astronomical cost  of rearmament in the 1930s?

"The important thing about the battle of Crécy is that Edward was clearly, in my view, using tactics and weapons that had never been seen on a battlefield before," says Richard Barber. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Books interview: Edward III and the triumph of England

Merchants and lower-ranking gentlemen often put pen to paper themselves, but wealthy men and gentlewomen were more likely to employ a scribe. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How to send a letter in medieval England

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Flodden 1513: the biggest ever Anglo-Scottish battle

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, displayed remarkable leadership of the British army at the battle of Waterloo. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Waterloo: the historians’ verdict

Robespierre is guillotined on 28 July 1794. Had he died two years earlier, his name would now be associated with liberty and equality, argues Marisa Linton. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Robespierre: man of terror

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

Vampires: a cultural history

An engraved depiction of John Lilburne, who "stands as a towering icon of the liberal tradition". (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: John Lilburne (c1615-57)

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Thessalonica 1423

Marston Moor, near York, was the site of the greatest battles of the Civil War – the battle of Marston. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

History explorer: the Civil War