November 2016 cover

November 2016

Articles from the November 2016 issue of BBC History Magazine

A panorama of the man-made Neolithic structure Silbury Hill in Wiltshire

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ExploreSilbury Hill & Avebury, the site of Neolithic Britons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cartoon from American satirical magazine Puck, c1885, showing American millionaires playing Monopoly with the country's assets

Victorian

Who were the tycoons of the Gilded Age? Meet the ruthless 'robber barons' who made millions

From left to right: Queen Isabella of Castile; French regent Anne de Beaujeu; and Catherine of Aragon. (Photos by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/DeAgostini/Imagno/Getty Images)

Renaissance

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the battle of Hastings. Anglo-Saxon foot soldiers are seen defending themselves with a wall of shields against Norman cavalry. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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What the Normans did for us. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paul Delaroche's impression of Lady Jane Grey's execution

Tudor

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the 'Nine Days Queen'

Rescue workers at the scene of the wrecked Pantglas Junior School at Aberfan, South Wales. (Getty Images)

20th Century

Death under the black mountain: surviving the 1966 Aberfan disaster

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Harold Godwinson being crowned king of England. Harold was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and was killed by William, Duke of Normandy at the battle of Hastings in 1066. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Anglo-Saxon

1066: eight days that rocked England

Photograph of Vladimir Lenin, 1901. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

First World War

Books interview with Catherine Merridale: "This was the most important railway journey made in the 20th century"

Portrait of Charlotte Brontë. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Charlotte Brontë (1816-55). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sky covered by smoke from the first H-Bomb explosion at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, 1 April 1954. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill: atomic warrior, nuclear peacemaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Leopold II statue. (Getty Images)

20th Century

My favourite place: the Belgian coast