CONTENTS JUNE 2023
FEATURES
20 Elizabeths I divided loyalties
In public, the Virgin Queen lionised her father, Henry VIII. But, as
Tracy Borman argues, in private she revered her late mother
28 On top of the world
Robin Ashcroft marks the 70th anniversary of the ascent of Everest by revisiting the perilous race to reach “the third pole”
35 Death to the Sun King!
Josephine Wilkinson identifies who she believes was the real culprit behind a series of attempts to assassinate French monarch Louis XIV
40 Historys greatest killers
Jonathan Kennedy charts six moments when diseases didn’t only make people sick, but also triggered seismic shifts in wider society
46 Britain and Palestine
Matthew Hughes explores the violent conclusion of the British Palestine Mandate, and the emergence of the State of Israel
EVERY MONTH
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
- Should historians interpret the past via the prism of the present?
- Michael Wood on Shakespeare’s First Folio
- Does history need reclaiming?
- Hidden Histories
- Letters
- Q&A History questions answered
Books
- Interview: David Carpenter on the tussle for power between Henry III and Simon de Montfort
- New history books reviewed
Encounters
- Diary: What to see and do this month
- Podcast: Tudor clothing
- Explore: Pembroke
- Historic Cities: Madrid
- Prize crossword
My history hero
- Patrice Lawrence picks singer and musician Lord Kitchener
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