CONTENTS MARCH 2023
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20 Ultimate Tudor survivor
From religious reformer to role model, Katherine Parr was a hugely influential figure as Henry VIII’s reign drew to an end, writes Lauren Mackay
26 The book that changed the face of medieval England
Lydia Zeldenrust chronicles the huge challenges that William Caxton had to overcome to produce the first book printed in English
35 Killing Queen Victoria
Bob Nicholson asks what drove the numerous plots to murder the long-lived monarch
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
- Access to royal records
- Michael Wood on a brilliant chronicler of rural Britain
- Hidden Histories
- Letters
- Q&A History questions answered
Books
- Interview: Nandini Das on how Mughal India called the shots in its relationship with England in the 17th century
- New history books reviewed
42 Urban animals
Fifty years after the birth of the city farm movement, Mike Collins traces the rise of these inner-city sanctuaries
46 The wreck that rocked the monarchy
Encounters
- Diary: What to see and do this month
- Podcast: How body conscious were the Romans and Greeks?
- Explore: The Bodleian Libraries
- Holidays: Perugia, Italy
How the sinking of the warship Gloucester in 1682 raised some awkward questions for a future king
54 Georgian crimewave
Sam Willis explores the
18th-century fascination with pirates, murderers and highwaymen
60 The man who hiked America
Dean Snow
relates the story of an explorer who walked across a continent in the 16th century
- Prize crossword
My history hero
- Iain Dale picks Ronald Reagan
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