OCTOBER 2016

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Features

Every month

Follow British women’s fight for the right to enter parliament, on page 60

22 Victorian slum life Jerry White discovers how tough the streets of 19th-century London really were for the city’s poorest residents

29 Henry VII’s henchmen Steven Gunn introduces us to a new breed of lowborn but brilliant advisors brought to court by the rst Tudor king

34 The Nazis and Gibraltar Hitler’s designs on the Rock were scuppered by Franco’s wiles and a huge British bribe, says Jules Stewart

40 Cnut: the Great Dane Eleanor Parker pro les the Viking king who seized England and presided over a mighty North Sea empire

46 Socialite, spy, saviour Hallie Rubenhold tells the amazing story of Grace Dalrymple Elliot, who may have had a child with George IV and risked her life during the French Revolution

51 A century of progress Richard J Evans argues that the period between Waterloo and the Great War laid the foundations for the modern world

60 Women in parliament Julie V Gottlieb traces the trials and tribulations of Britain’s rst female MPs

6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news

1 4 Historians give their views on democracy in Brexit Britain

18 LETTERS 21 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 58 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 65 BOOKS New history titles reviewed, plus KristinaSpohrand David Reynolds talkColdWarsummits

77 TV & RADIO The pick of new history programmes

80 OUT &ABOUT 80 History Explorer: Flodden

85 Five things to do in October 86 My favourite place: California

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

98 MY HISTORY HERO BeverleyKnightchoosessingersongwriterSamCooke

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34 Who foiled the Nazi plan to seize Gibraltar?

51 Why Europe dominated the 19th century

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