Aspects of History: Issue Five

"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.

Our fifth issue contains a lead article by Richard Overy on the Great Imperial War.

The magazine also features exclusive interviews with Simon Sebag-Montefiore and Philippa Gregory.

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 past isn't dead, it's not even past. History relates and resonates.
At the same time, the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Our fifth issue contains the following:

Writing a New History of the Second World War, by Richard Overy
Aspects of History Book Club: Catherine the Great and Potemkin, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
In Harm’s Way: The Red Army on the Eastern Front, by Stewart Binns
Berlin, The Story of a City, by Barney White-Spunner
Granada: Spain’s once and future Eden, by Elizabeth Drayson
The Arab Conquests, by Justin Marozzi
Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, interviewed by Steven Veerapen
Poison and Power, by Deborah Swift.
Mary Wortley Montagu and the Anti-Female Bias, by Jo Willett
Alexander’s Will: Its Appearance, Disappearance and Legacy, by David Grant
Short Story: The Praetorian, by S.J.A.Turney
Interview: Marc Morris, author of The Anglo-Saxons, by Ian Stone
The Mystery of Brunanburh, by Michael Livingston
Cecily Neville: Recovering a 15th century Matriarch, by Annie Garthwaite
David Hume: The Greatest Historian, by Julian Baggini
Trafalgar, by Nicholas Best
Short Story: Last Orders by Richard James
Father and Son: Winston and Randolph, by Josh Ireland
Historical Heroes: The SAS, by Damien Lewis
Secret Deals and Spy Swaps, by Trevor Barnes
The Queen and the Crown, by Matthew Dennison

Recommended reading for fans of The Spectator, History Today and BBC History Magazine.