Aspects of History: Issue Thirteen

"A great new resource… Indispensable for historians and history lovers alike." Saul David.

Aspects of History is the new magazine and website dedicated to history and historical fiction.

We believe that history should be a source of argument and entertainment. Different voices have different stories to tell.

Each issue contains articles, interviews, short stories and book reviews by established and emerging writers.

The thirteenth issue contains the following:
A Family History of the World, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Putin and the Old-Age Dilemmas of Russian Military Reform, by Mark Galeotti
The Wedding to End All Weddings – 20 November 1947, by Tessa Dunlop
Politics & War: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Interviewed by Oliver Webb-Carter
Jerusalem and the Pressures of History, by John D. Hosler
Short Story: Friends in High Places, by Richard Foreman
Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen, by Jane Draycott
AoH Book Club: Roger Moorhouse on The Devils’ Alliance
Wild Boys, Elephants, and a Hippopotamus: Crime in Victorian London, by JC Briggs
Extract: Churchill’s Desperadoes – The Cauldron, by Damien Lewis
Red Devil: Mark Urban Interviewed.
The Victory of Man and Machine, by Al Murray
Historical Heroes: Khaled al – Asaad, by Peter Hughes
Robert Catesby and the Gunpowder Plot, by Nicola Cornick
Short Story: The Tale of Fredegar’s Bane, by Theodore Brun
The Rise and Fall of Mercia, by MJ Porter
Who Was St. Columba? by Paula de Fougerolles
Interview: William Boyd, by Mark Ellis

Recommended reading for fans of The Spectator, History Today and BBC History Magazine.
Please note that this is the text only journal edition of the magazine. To read the illustrated version please visit the Aspects of History website.