August 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!
The latest issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale!
Inside our August 2020 issue, on sale 9 July 2020…
Bonds of blood
Robert Bartlett charts the extreme lengths to which rulers would go to future-proof their dynasties
The state of global history
Peter Frankopan on the importance of understanding our international past
Nero: the Antichrist?
Shushma Malik explores whether the Roman emperor really deserves his monstrous reputation
Victorian scare stories
Emma Butcher and Tim Blythe reveal the tales that kept 19th-century Londoners awake at night
A tale of two revolutions
David Andress traces the way in which elites turned the French Revolution against the very people who started it
Black abolitionists
Hannah-Rose Murray on the formerly enslaved African-Americans who headed to Britain to tell their stories
Unburied treasures
As the Portable Antiquities Scheme records find number 1.5 million, we look back at its greatest discoveries
SUBSCRIBE TODAY to get our next issue: The September 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine is on sale from 6 August 2020, featuring Edward the Confessor, curious images on medieval manuscripts, and Afua Hirsch on how Africa’s culture reflects its history
