February 2011 cover

February 2011

Articles from the February 2011 issue of BBC History Magazine

Troops pictured during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War

First World War

Gallipoli: 5 reasons why the First World War campaign was a failure

Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh – "a gorgeous, larger than life figure". Unfortunately, many of his peers weren't impressed by his good looks, and saw instead an arrogant man, blind to his own weaknesses. (Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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The LibraryWalter Ralegh: the heroic traitor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman puts a foundling, or her own unwanted child, into a revolving doorway in a hospital or orphanage wall, intended for unwanted children. (Getty Images)

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A mother's love: tokens left with London's foundling babies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of couple with bubonic plague

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Where the Black Death happened: 9 places connected to the plague. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Barbary pirates: kidnapped in Iceland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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At the edge of reason: shaving and razors in 18th-century Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Abba Kovner (1918–87). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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England and Wales: best of enemies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jerusalem: blood and gold. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.