Volume: 49 Issue: 10
Contents of History Today, October 1999 |
To read any piece marked 
, you'll need a subscription to our online archive
|
Brian Griffin describes the forces that arose from the ashes of the Royal Irish Constabulary to face the very different problems of policing Ireland north and... |
|
Barbara Yorke considers the reputation of King Alfred the Great - and the enduring cult around his life and legend. |
|
Daniel Snowman meets the co-founder of the University of Sussex and doyen of Victorian history. |
|
Barbara Rogers ponders the question of when the British government knew of the true role of Auschwitz-Birkenau in the 'Final Solution'. |
|
October 31st, 1899 |
|
|
|
William Rubinstein reviews the research of 'amateur historians' on the Kennedy... |
|
Rebuilding the Frauenkirche church which was detroyed in the 1945 Dresden bombings. |
|
Andrew Roberts argues that Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister most identified with imperialism at its acme, in reality saw the Empire as a mixed blessing... |
|
Jim Kelsey uncovers a unique Anglo-Saxon collection, enabled by a supportive local council. |
|
Charles Baudelaire described Edgar Allan Poe's death, on October 7th, 1849, as 'almost a suicide, a suicide prepared for a long time'. |
|
After three years, the conflict came to an end on October 16th, 1949. |
|
Revolutions and changes of dynasty seem to have happened with the regularity of clockwork on the island of Java. M.C. Ricklefs investigates. |
|
Rose Tremain reveals how her fascination with the seventeenth century was the key that unlocked the world of her acclaimed historical novels. |
|
John D. Grainger investigates the creation of C.S. Forester’s naval hero of the Napoleonic Wars - and identifies not one but two Hornblower originals. |
