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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