CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2024
FEATURES
EVERY MONTH
24 Hoodwinking Hitler Robert Hutton introduces a master of deception who played a key role in the Allies’ greatest triumphs of the Second World War
32 Henry VII’s battle for survival Nathen Amin shows how multiple brushes with death turned Henry into a mistrustful, even paranoid monarch
40 The genius of Æthelstan Michael Wood on the challenges of writing a biography of the shadowy but enormously influential Anglo-Saxon king
50 The suf fragettes’ secret weapon Ellie Cawthorne reveals how a brilliant PR campaign helped rally Britons to the cause of votes for women
56 When Britain met China Kerry Brown traces three centuries of interactions between the two realms, from early overtures to coercive attempts to open up trade
63 Power to the medieval people Richard Partington and Caroline Burt explain how the fallout from war and plague transformed the English state in the 13th and 14th centuries
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
11 The challenge of writing histories of the British empire 16 How political parties have
recovered from election defeats 19 Michael Wood on how Britain
can craft a new national narrative 20 Hidden Histories
22 Letters 4 6 Q&A History questions answered
Books
70 Interview: Alice Loxton discusses
18-year-olds who made history 74 New history books reviewed
Encounters
8 0 Diary: Things to se e, do and cook
this month 8 4 Recipe: Parthian chicken 86 Historic Cities: Quebec City,
Canada
88 Prize crossword
90 My h i s t o r y he r o Nicola Fox on pioneering physicist
and chemist Marie Curie
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