SEPTEMBER 2016

CONTENTS

Features

Every month

Find out why Ted Heath signed Britain up to join the EEC in 1973, on page 51

22 When London burned Alexander Larman tracks the rage and recriminations that swept through the capital in the wake of 1666’s Great Fire

28 The female Chaucer Janina Ramirez hails the 14th-century trailblazer Julian of Norwich, whose writings still resonate today 36 The Great Viking Terror Julian D Richards and Dawn Hadley trace the mayhem that blighted England when Norse raiders decided to stay 42 England’s northern soul Melvyn Bragg tells Rob Attar that the north of England’s distinct identity was forged hundreds of years ago

46 Killing Hitler’s hangman Robert Gerwarth relates the dramatic story of Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination and its grim consequences

51 The reluctant Europeans Robert Tombs recalls the events that led to Britain joining the EEC in 1973

60 Henry V: the caring king He is best known for slaughtering Frenchmen. Yet, as Malcolm Vale writes, the hero of Agincourt had a so er side

6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news

1 4 Backgrounder: Turkey and the west 1 6 Past notes: the Paralympics

18 LETTERS 21 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 32 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 65 BOOKS The latest releases plus Alex von

Tunzelmann on the Suez crisis

77 TV & RADIO The pick of new history programmes

80 OUT &ABOUT 80 History Explorer:

the Napoleonic Wars 85 Five things to do in September 86 My favourite place: Del

93 MISCELLANY 93 Q&A and quiz 94 Samantha’s recipe corner 95 Prize crossword

98 MY HISTORY HERO Naga Munchetty chooses author and activist Maya Angelou

46 The daring plot to kill Reinhard Heydrich

22 How frantic e orts to put out the Great Fire of London quickly turned into a fevered search for a scapegoat

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