Aspects of History: Issue Twelve

"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 twelfth issue contains the following:

A Divided Kingdom: Robert Harris on his new novel, Act of Oblivion.
First in, Last Out: US Marines in the Pacific, by Saul David
Banged Up Abroad: Ben Macintyre on Colditz
The Origins of Russia’s Cult of the Great Patriotic War By Katie Stallard
How the Russians See Themselves, by Rodric Braithwaite
A Close Run Thing: Max Hastings on the Cuban Missile Crisis
AoH Book Club: Giles Milton on Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922. The Destruction of Islam’s City of Tolerance
Short Story: The Prisoner, by MJ Porter
Winters in the World, by Eleanor Parker
Historical Heroes: Mary King of Scots, by Steven Veerapen
The Potted Poley, by Peter Tonkin
Short Story: A Plague on Your Business, by Michael Jecks
His Own Messenger: The Rise of Cyrus the Great, by Matt Waters
The First Tycoon, by Peter Stothard
Who was Agricola? By Simon Turney
The Extraordinary Emperor, by Harry Sidebottom
An Elusive Woman: Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie

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.