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    September 2017

    Articles from the September 2017 issue of BBC History Magazine

    A portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with five of their nine children, by Frederick Winterhalter. (Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
    Victorian

    Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: was their union a marriage of misery?

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    Georgian

    The decline of George III

    The battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, (image c1880). (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Eustace the Monk: one of medieval Europe’s unholiest holy men

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    Floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, outside Kensington Palace. (Photo by Liba Taylor/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
    20th Century

    Princess Diana’s death: when grief gripped a nation

    Detail of the carved portal of Hylestad stave church, 12th century. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
    Viking

    5 forgotten Viking battles that shaped Britain’s destiny

    Miniature from an Apocalypse of Cambrai depicting the opening of the sixth seal: an earthquake occurs and the sun becomes black. Municipal library, Cambrai, France. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)
    General ancient history

    Written in the stars: 7 celestial events that may have changed history

    A councillor and architects discuss plans for the Moss Heights development in Glasgow, 1953. Proponents of high-rise flats believed that they would provide
    20th Century

    The Library Have high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

    View of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. (Getty Images)
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    My favourite place: Florence, Italy

    West Indian immigrants arrive at Victoria Station, London, following their journey from Southampton Docks. Originally published in ‘Picture Post’, 1956. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images)
    20th Century

    Clair Wills on immigrants

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    Illustration of Johnny Hopper by Stavros Damos
    Second World War

    The Library A nerveless Nazi-killer

    Italian writer Primo Levi sitting at a desk in his study. Turin, 1981. (Photo by Sergio del GrandeMondadori PortfolioMondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
    Second World War

    My history hero: Primo Levi (1919–87)

    Addington and Napoleon facing each other across a narrow channel, from a caricature by James Gillray. Illustration from the magazine ‘The Graphic’, 9 July 1881. (Getty Images)
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    Britain and France: the best of enemies

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    History Hot 100 results 2017: What the experts say

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    Medieval

    History Hot 100 results: the historical figures who fascinated you most in 2017

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    My favourite place: Florence

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