OCTOBER 2015
CONTENTS
Features
Every month
Find out why Lewis Carroll photographed Alice Liddell, on page 36
22 The glorious Caesars Tom Holland explains how Rome’s rst emperors, o en painted as sex-mad tyrants, ensured peace across the empire
28 Alan Turing: the man, the enigma Joel Greenberg deciphers the troubled life of Alan Turing, codebreaker extraordinaire
36 Portraits of a nation Simon Schama reveals what famous British portraits tell us about both the subjects and the eras in which they lived
42 Agincourt: medieval England’s finest hour? Anne Curry tells the story of Henry V’s famous victory, and asks whether the battle really deserves its iconic status
51 How Europe rose from the dead Ian Kershaw explores how the continent emerged stronger and more prosperous from the rubble of the Second World War
58 The power of the Georgian underclass Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker reveal how London’s poor transformed the city’s justice and welfare systems
6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news
1 4 Backgrounder: the Labour Party 1 6 Past notes: Rugby
18 LETTERS 21 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 32 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 48 EVENTS 63 BOOKS The latest releases, plus Andrew
Roberts on the battle of the Somme
77 TV & RADIO The pick of this month’s new history programmes
80 OUT &ABOUT 80 History Explorer: the Jacobites
85 Five things to do in October 86 My favourite place: Brittany
93 MISCELLANY 93 Q&A and quiz 94 Samantha’s recipe corner 95 Prize crossword
98 MY HISTORY HERO Nathaniel Parker chooses Henry VIII
48 EVENTS History Weekends at York and Malmesbury
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York
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