November 2010 cover

November 2010

Articles from the November 2010 issue of BBC History Magazine

Abraham Lincoln

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How Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election victory set America on the path to Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 1867 magazine illustration shows a group of children preparing for Halloween. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)

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The origins of Halloween: tricks, treats and cobbled streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Afternoon sunlight casting shadows on the hills, Lancashire, England UK (Getty Images)

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The war on witches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Beatles - John Lennon. (ITV pictures)

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John Lennon: Three films

A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards Ludgate Hill Circus and St Paul's Cathedral, London, c1888. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A history of the high street

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A secret war against the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.