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APRIL 2015

CONTENTS

Features

Every month

6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news

1 4 Backgrounder: Greek bailout crisis 1 6 Past notes

Find out what Elizabeth really wanted from her courtiers, on page 22

22 Elizabeth I: jealous queen? The Tudor monarch’s relationships with her courtiers were shaped by politics, not sex, says Susan Doran

28 Dan Snow on the Armada The TV presenter argues that the Spanish attempt to invade England in 1588 was doomed from the outset

30 King of the crusaders Thomas Asbridge traces Richard the Lionheart’s rise from callow commander to Europe’s nest warrior

37 How to lead like Saladin John Man reveals the eight attributes that place the Muslim hero in the pantheon of great rulers

43 Medieval immigrants Did the English welcome Scottish, Welsh and Irish migrants with open arms? Mark Ormrod and Jessica Lutkin investigate

48 An eye for trouble Ruth Scurr explains what John Aubrey’s chronicles can tell us about England’s turbulent 17th century

54 Five myths of Gallipoli Gary She eld argues that not everything we think we know about the ill-fated First World War campaign is true

60 Tales of the diggers Peter FitzSimons explains why his fellow Antipodeans show such reverence for the Gallipoli campaign

18 LETTERS 20 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 52 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 65 BOOKS Experts review new releases,

plus Steven Weinberg discusses his new book on the history of science

77 TV & RADIO The pick of this month’s history programmes

80 OUT & ABOUT 80 History explorer:

the ght for women’s votes 84 Ten things to do in April 86 My favourite place: Ethiopia

97 MISCELLANY 97 Q&A and quiz 99 Sam’s recipe corner 100 Prize crossword

106 MY HISTORY HERO John Sergeant chooses ArthurRansome

48 The man whose words shine a light on England during the Civil War

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Gallipoli / Myths

THE MYTHS OF

GALLIPOLI

Bound for failure This image, which appeared in The War Illustrated on 19 June 1915, shows a church service aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth during the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign. The caption for the image ended: “In the distance is seen the heights of the Gallipoli peninsula, where our gallant troops are fighting the empire’s battle against the Turks”

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A century a er the disastrous campaign in the Dardanelles, Gary She eld challenges some commonly held assumptions about this failed attempt to change the course of the First World War

Complements the upcoming BBC Two documentary Gallipoli

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Celtic immigrants to medieval England?

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