September 2014 cover

September 2014

Articles from the September 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

Samuel Pepys portrait

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My history hero: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

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The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Ian Lancaster Fleming, the creator of the character James Bond

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The spy who loved Jamaica. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hilary Mantel

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Wolf Hall: Author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors and Thomas Cromwell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A view of English Harbour in Antigua

20th Century

My favourite place: Antigua

Ashton Court, Bristol

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Smuggling’s heyday in Bristol and beyond. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Tudor

Thomas Cromwell: The rise and fall of Henry VIII’s henchman

Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

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Britain's fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

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The LibraryAncient Rome in crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Janice Hadlow

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Janice Hadlow"The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.