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All About History

No. 88
Magazine

All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.

Welcome

Be part of history

Defining Moments

JAZZ • We explore the storied history of one of the most inventive art forms ever created

History of Jazz

SWING STREET • NEW YORK, 1929-1955

THE Anatomy of A FLAPPER • UNITED STATES, 1920S

LEGENDS OF JAZZ • Ten men and women who helped push the boundaries of the new art form and popularise it for the world to enjoy

CATHERINE TACKLEY • PROFESSOR CATHERINE TACKLEY EXPLORES HOW JAZZ WAS IMPORTED TO BRITAIN AND BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF CULTURE

JAZZ MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD • There are numerous collections around the globe devoted to jazz

DIZZY GILLESPIE ‘PUDGY’ TRUMPET • THE JAZZ LEGEND’S SIGNATURE BENT TRUMPET IS A UNIQUE ARTEFACT USA, C.1968

MACEDONIA’S MADMAN ALEXANDER • Did a twisted lust for power and bloodshed drive his world conquest?

PAUL CARTILEDGE

Love Life Of Alexander • Supposedly scorning sensual pleasures, there were some people with whom he shared his softer side

The Myth maker • Here are six legends and stories that surrounded Alexander, some of which he happily fostered

ALEXANDER THE SNOT SO) GREAT • Despite his title, Alexander was known for his wanton cruelty and savagery against his enemies

Henry’s 7th Queen? • Did Henry VIII really consider making the outspoken and opinionated Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk his seventh wife?

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk • The chequered marital history of Katherine’s husband, the Duke of Suffolk was complex even by Tudor standards

The Would-be Brides • Although he apparently preferred to marry English roses, Henry’s name was also linked with some foreign princesses

The Marian Exiles • Fearing persecution by Mary I, almost 1,000 English Protestants fled to the Continent during her reign

SUMO BEHIND THE FOLD • Thousands of years in the making, the true history of Japan’s once-outlawed national sport is one of ritual, war and reform

SUMO DIPLOMACY • Faced with Commodore Perry’s gunships, Japan unveiled a secret weapon of their own: sumo wrestlers

MOST DARING WWII MISSIONS • Uncovering five of the most ambitious and inventive missions of World War II, from experimental submarines to diversionary corpses

FREAKY FASCINATIONS • LIFTING THE LID ON THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD THAT WAS THE VICTORIAN FREAK SHOW

MY PERSONAL FASCINATION • An Interview with Dr John Woolf

FREAKY FAKES • What you see is not always what you get

MEDICINE NOT MYSTERY • New understanding and new language for a new age

THE POLISH UNDERGROUND • During World War II the Polish resistance movement fought against Nazi occupation, then had to face down the incoming Red Army

LEADERS OF THE UNDERGROUND STATE • Five brave members of the secret state and their stories

UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS • The secret state at work

BATTLE OF SALAMIS • STRAITS OF SALAMIS, GREECE, SEPTEMBER, 480 BCE

Battle of Salamis

SEPT 48O BCE • How the heavily outnumbered Greeks defeated their Persian enemies at sea

CAMBRIDGE SPY RING APPREHENDED • A Soviet spy ring recruited at Cambridge University has been discovered after one of its members dropped secret documents while leaving a pub

EXCLUSIVE Interview With

OUTRAGE AS BLUNT SIGNS SOVIET FILM DEAL

THE CAMBRIDGE 50?

WANTED: PATRIOTIC...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 88

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: February 27, 2020

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.

Welcome

Be part of history

Defining Moments

JAZZ • We explore the storied history of one of the most inventive art forms ever created

History of Jazz

SWING STREET • NEW YORK, 1929-1955

THE Anatomy of A FLAPPER • UNITED STATES, 1920S

LEGENDS OF JAZZ • Ten men and women who helped push the boundaries of the new art form and popularise it for the world to enjoy

CATHERINE TACKLEY • PROFESSOR CATHERINE TACKLEY EXPLORES HOW JAZZ WAS IMPORTED TO BRITAIN AND BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF CULTURE

JAZZ MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD • There are numerous collections around the globe devoted to jazz

DIZZY GILLESPIE ‘PUDGY’ TRUMPET • THE JAZZ LEGEND’S SIGNATURE BENT TRUMPET IS A UNIQUE ARTEFACT USA, C.1968

MACEDONIA’S MADMAN ALEXANDER • Did a twisted lust for power and bloodshed drive his world conquest?

PAUL CARTILEDGE

Love Life Of Alexander • Supposedly scorning sensual pleasures, there were some people with whom he shared his softer side

The Myth maker • Here are six legends and stories that surrounded Alexander, some of which he happily fostered

ALEXANDER THE SNOT SO) GREAT • Despite his title, Alexander was known for his wanton cruelty and savagery against his enemies

Henry’s 7th Queen? • Did Henry VIII really consider making the outspoken and opinionated Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk his seventh wife?

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk • The chequered marital history of Katherine’s husband, the Duke of Suffolk was complex even by Tudor standards

The Would-be Brides • Although he apparently preferred to marry English roses, Henry’s name was also linked with some foreign princesses

The Marian Exiles • Fearing persecution by Mary I, almost 1,000 English Protestants fled to the Continent during her reign

SUMO BEHIND THE FOLD • Thousands of years in the making, the true history of Japan’s once-outlawed national sport is one of ritual, war and reform

SUMO DIPLOMACY • Faced with Commodore Perry’s gunships, Japan unveiled a secret weapon of their own: sumo wrestlers

MOST DARING WWII MISSIONS • Uncovering five of the most ambitious and inventive missions of World War II, from experimental submarines to diversionary corpses

FREAKY FASCINATIONS • LIFTING THE LID ON THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD THAT WAS THE VICTORIAN FREAK SHOW

MY PERSONAL FASCINATION • An Interview with Dr John Woolf

FREAKY FAKES • What you see is not always what you get

MEDICINE NOT MYSTERY • New understanding and new language for a new age

THE POLISH UNDERGROUND • During World War II the Polish resistance movement fought against Nazi occupation, then had to face down the incoming Red Army

LEADERS OF THE UNDERGROUND STATE • Five brave members of the secret state and their stories

UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS • The secret state at work

BATTLE OF SALAMIS • STRAITS OF SALAMIS, GREECE, SEPTEMBER, 480 BCE

Battle of Salamis

SEPT 48O BCE • How the heavily outnumbered Greeks defeated their Persian enemies at sea

CAMBRIDGE SPY RING APPREHENDED • A Soviet spy ring recruited at Cambridge University has been discovered after one of its members dropped secret documents while leaving a pub

EXCLUSIVE Interview With

OUTRAGE AS BLUNT SIGNS SOVIET FILM DEAL

THE CAMBRIDGE 50?

WANTED: PATRIOTIC...


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