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Historian at the Movies: The Book Thief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Has the real Sherlock Holmes been deduced?

Cold War spies and friendship through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The forgotten first Great Escape of 1918. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tony Benn: how will history remember the Labour stalwart?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Complex Crimea: the history behind the relationship between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea

Was the burning of the Reichstag the Nazis’ first crime?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Escaping the Blitz and recording the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Michael Broers: "You don't have to make up myths about Napoleon's youth – just look at his letters to see evidence that he was a great leader". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking treasures and Hitler's 'perfect woman'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine galleryIn pictures: Great British Drawings

When Hitler’s perfect woman came to call. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryMao: the legend of the Long March. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

March 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine out now

Tasmanian aborigines and the historic importance of the River Nile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of home ownership in Britain

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Q&AWho was the bravest man at Waterloo?

Q&AWho paid for the arrows in the Battle of Agincourt?

Q&AAre there any rulers of England that don’t appear on the usual lists?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat were hussar regiments?

Q&AWhat was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Q&AWhat overtook the Great Pyramid of Giza as the tallest manmade structure?

History’s most surprising statistics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Being in a prison camp was better than going to a British boarding school”: child hostage of Japanese in WW2 reflects on his experience. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Ruth First (1925-82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: The Scottish Enlightenment

Back to the Stone Age: would you survive?

The LibraryD-Day for God?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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