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May 2013

Articles from the May 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

An illustration depicting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Q&ACould modern medicine have saved Abraham Lincoln?

A fight between two Gladiators, in mosaic

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What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dinosaur dung became a valuable commodity in 19th century Cambridgeshire. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Dinosaur dung billionaires: the Victorian 'gold rush' for fossilised faeces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Newark Castle flanked by the river Trent. To say that King John's death here in 1216 was little-lamented is something of an understatement. "With John's foul deeds all England is stinking, as does hell, to which he is now sinking," wrote the chronicler Matthew Paris. (Getty Images)

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King John and the French invasion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How should history remember Margaret Thatcher?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

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10 places where history was made. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German soldiers with a horse-drawn cart during the retreat from Ukraine in 1943. The idea of Teutonic efficiency was a triumph of Nazi spin, says James Holland. (Keystone/Getty Images)

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The great misconceptions of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryBritain’s brutal battles for hearts and minds. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with 'The White Queen' writer Philippa Gregory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A crew of Dambusters pictured together in c1943. The famed Dambusters raid, Operation Chastise, was an RAF attempt to breach German dams and so "deprive Ruhr industry, and the Mittelland Canal of water, over the longest period of time possible". (Royal Air Force Official Photographer/ IWM via Getty Images)

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The legacy of the Dambusters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia's rich and respectable a fright. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: Why did news of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar take so long to reach England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Florence 1380. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.