 Alternative Histories: Robert the Bruce on Rathlin IslandThe Scottish patriot makes a surprising confession. |
 In the August issue of History TodayThe outbreak of the First World War, the day Washington burned and the secret history of the Panama Canal. |
 The Black Prince and the Tour de FranceThe visitor to Leeds this summer may be surprised to see the Black Prince sporting the Maillot Jaune, usually worn by the leader of the Tour de France. Fortunately, there is a simple explanation. |
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 The History Today Quiz: July 2014This month's quiz includes questions on the Ottoman Empire, the Klondike Gold Rush and the Seven Years' War. |
 Reconstructing Baroque OperaThe recently opened Sam Wanamaker Theatre marks an intriguing step forward in the revival of baroque opera, says Mark Ronan. |
 Alternative Designs for Tower BridgeOne of the world's most famous bridges turns 120 years old this week. But its distinctive design almost didn't come to pass. |
 Podcast: Africans in Georgian EnglandOnyeka joins us to introduce a number of aspiring Africans who made an impact on Georgian society during the 18th century. |
 The Military Covenant: Rhetoric and RealityThe compact between the British state and those prepared to die for it is a dubious one, argues Sarah Ingham. |
 Stranger than the NightsJustin Marozzi admires Hugh Kennedy’s article from 2004, which offers a nuanced portrait of the great Abbasid caliph, Harun al Rashid, much-mythologised hero of The Arabian Nights. |
 Black EquestriansAfricans in Georgian Britain have often been portrayed as victims of slavery, unfortunates at the bottom of the social heap. The reality was far more fluid and varied, as Onyeka shows, with many African gentlemen sharing the same cultural and social aspirations as their fellow Englishmen. |
 Secrets of ScriptoriaThe medieval scriptorium was not necessarily the ordered hive of activity we have come to imagine |
 The 1954 World Cup: Triumph of a New GermanyGermany will be among the favourites to lift the World Cup this summer. But when West Germany won the competition for the first time in 1954 they were the unfancied representatives of a divided nation emerging from defeat and humiliation, says Paul Legg. |
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July 2014
In this month's issue: A New Germany - July Crisis - Black Equestrians - Sarajevo's Elusive Assassin - Elizabeth I's Final Years - Victory on Lake Nyasa - A British Genocide
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