June 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine

June 2019

Articles, podcasts, book lists and more from the June 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine

The future Queen Victoria, aged four

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Queen Victoria's unhappy childhood: life under the 'Kensington System'

A portrait of Anne Lister

Victorian

The real Gentleman Jack: the secret life of Anne Lister, Britain's ‘first modern lesbian’

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Catherine of Aragon: Henry's greatest queen

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Beyond Normandy: the global war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In his native Como, Pliny the Younger's fame is reflected in his statue on the city cathedral's imposing west front, which was built in the 15th century. (Image by AKG Images)

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Pliny's Rome: Vesuvius, vice and vestal virgins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British troops learn to swim in full kit on a training course in May 1944. "A blind man could see something big was about to happen," said one soldier. (Image by Getty Images)

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D-Day: why the training was deadlier than the assault. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, taken after his daring expedition across Greenland. (Image by Alamy)

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My history heroPaul Rose chooses Fridtjof Nansen

A 1954 illustration of a woman wearing nylons. Lightweight, easy to conceal and fiercely sought after, stockings were a favourite with smugglers. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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Nylon pirates: the postwar craze for cut-price stockings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century woodcut by Albrecht Dürer entitled 'The true and false apostles of Christ'. As the Reformation recast Europe's spiritual landscape, many believers fretted that their religion no longer felt true to them. (Photo by Alamy)

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The fury that fuelled the rise of atheism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Looking out across the Channel, shell craters pockmark Pointe du Hoc – a German artillery position seized by US Rangers. The promontory is one of many reminders of D-Day along the Normandy coastline. (Photo by Getty Images)

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History explorer: D-Day beaches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian and geographer Jared Diamond

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Books interview with Jared Diamond: “With countries, as with people, crises attract attention”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jared Diamond (Photo by Jochen Braun)

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Jared Diamond on countries in crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Notre Dame of Paris at first light (Photo by Captblack76-Dreamstime.com)

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Notre-Dame. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.