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The LibraryThe English in America.

BBC History Magazine

September 2017

Germany’s World War Two.

'Poldark' character Aunt Agatha (left) draws our attention to the often-ignored figure of the 18th-century spinster, says Hannah Greig. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode six

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Rivoli

Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest triumphs and disasters

Test pilot Melitta Schiller (right), Berlin, June 1943. (Photo by DRK/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The women who flew for Hitler: an interview with Clare Mulley.

Michael Wood… on radical Islamism.

The LibraryVoices of the Cold War.

Ironbridge over the river Severn in Telford, England. (Getty Images)

History explorer: The power of British iron.

My history heroNick Knowles chooses Julius Caesar (100–44 BC).

An Iranian Jewish woman walks past the graves of Polish Jews who died in Iran during and after the Second World War

The LibraryThe incredible tale of the WW2 Poles who fought back.

The Pilgrim Fathers leaving Delft Haven on their voyage to America, July 1620. Image dates from 1878. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

England’s migrant crisis.

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BBC World Histories – back issues

The LibraryA legendary spymaster.

Ross Poldark takes on a dangerous mission to liberate his friend Dwight from Quimper prison in France. Quimper was a real prison, which was "notorious for its terrible conditions", says historian Hannah Greig. (BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode five

Hans Sloane and the British Museum.

The LibraryFemale flyers in Nazi Germany.

George Warleggan begins to gain power as a Justice of the Peace in the third series of 'Poldark'. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode four

Tower Bridge: Uncovering the history of a London landmark.

Children at war.

Ross Poldark travels to Republican France in the latest episode of the BBC drama. France was a 'brutal and dangerous' place to be at the time, says historian Hannah Greig. (BBC/Mammoth Screen)

The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode three

Q&A: When and why was the medieval law of outlawry eventually repealed?.

The big question: Is Africa a prisoner of its past?.

General History

EventIn conversation at Kew Gardens

The Second World War.

BBC History Magazine

August 2017

Sam and Drake Carne. (Mammoth Screen/BBC)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode two

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Austen’s influences: Lucy Worsley on the author’s life and work.

History quiz – prison escapes and the princes in the Tower.