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MAY 2018 CONTENTS Features Every month Historians investigate Russia’s relationship with the rest of the world, on page 14 20 Churchill’s secret army Giles Milton describes a daring British bid to cripple the Nazis’ nuclear programme, using the dark arts of guerrilla warfare 26 Medieval rebel queen Sarah Gristwood answers the most pressing questions on Edward IV’s controversial queen, Elizabeth Woodville 32 The diehard Scot He was kidnapped, shipwrecked and le for dead. Douglas Skelton pro les the 18th-century adventurer Peter Williamson 37 Sleep tips fromhistory From cow dung to lettuce soup, Sasha Handley reveals how our ancestors battled the scourge of insomnia 42 Exit stage left Andrew Dickson goes in search of Richard Burbage, friend of Shakespeare and the most celebrated actor of his era 6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news 1 4 Backgrounder: Putin’s Russia 16 Past notes: garden gnomes 17 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 18 LETTERS 56 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 65 BOOKS Thelatestreleasesreviewed,plus Fern Riddell discusses her book onsu ragettebomberKittyMarion 77 TV & RADIO The pick of new history programmes 80 OUT &ABOUT 80 History Explorer: Kinder trespass 85 Five things to do in May 86 My favourite place: west Australia 93 MISCELLANY 93 Q&A and quiz 94 Samantha’s recipe corner 95 Prize crossword 98 MY HISTORY HERO Michael Morpurgo chooses Krystyna Skarbek 34 SUBSCRIBE Save when you subscribe today 50 The forgotten civil war Laura Ashe tells the story of the bitter family dispute that rocked Henry II’s England to its core in the 1170s * Available to UK Direct Debit orders only 58 Karl Marx at 200 Gregory Claeys chronicles the life and legacy of one of the most in uential thinkers of all time USPS Identification Statement BBC HISTORY (ISSN 1469-8552) (USPS 024-177) May 2018 is published 13 times a year under licence from BBC Worldwide by Immediate Media Company Bristol Ltd, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN, UK. Distributed in the US by Circulation Specialists, Inc., 2 Corporate Drive, Suite 945, Shelton CT 06484-6238. Periodicals postage paid at Shelton, CT and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PO Box 37495, Boone, IA 50037-0495. 50 Why King Henry II went to war with his wife and three sons in the 1170s I A NI O N / N O R S K H Y D R O C O L L E C T J O N E S / B E N I D G E M A N /A L A M Y/ B R I M A G E S / G E T T Y J O N E S S E A N M C S O R L E Y/ S U E G E N T/ B E N 37 The lengths to which our ancestors went to get a good night’s sleep 42 On the trail of the actor who outshone William Shakespeare 4 BBC History Magazine BBC History Magazine

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MAY 2018

CONTENTS

Features

Every month

Historians investigate Russia’s relationship with the rest of the world, on page 14

20 Churchill’s secret army Giles Milton describes a daring British bid to cripple the Nazis’ nuclear programme, using the dark arts of guerrilla warfare

26 Medieval rebel queen Sarah Gristwood answers the most pressing questions on Edward IV’s controversial queen, Elizabeth Woodville

32 The diehard Scot He was kidnapped, shipwrecked and le for dead. Douglas Skelton pro les the 18th-century adventurer Peter Williamson

37 Sleep tips fromhistory From cow dung to lettuce soup, Sasha Handley reveals how our ancestors battled the scourge of insomnia

42 Exit stage left Andrew Dickson goes in search of Richard Burbage, friend of Shakespeare and the most celebrated actor of his era

6 ANNIVERSARIES 11 HISTORY NOW 1 1 The latest history news

1 4 Backgrounder: Putin’s Russia 16 Past notes: garden gnomes

17 MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW 18 LETTERS 56 OUR FIRST WORLD WAR 65 BOOKS Thelatestreleasesreviewed,plus Fern Riddell discusses her book onsu ragettebomberKittyMarion

77 TV & RADIO The pick of new history programmes

80 OUT &ABOUT 80 History Explorer: Kinder trespass

85 Five things to do in May 86 My favourite place: west Australia

93 MISCELLANY 93 Q&A and quiz 94 Samantha’s recipe corner 95 Prize crossword

98 MY HISTORY HERO Michael Morpurgo chooses Krystyna Skarbek

34 SUBSCRIBE

Save when you subscribe today

50 The forgotten civil war Laura Ashe tells the story of the bitter family dispute that rocked Henry II’s England to its core in the 1170s

* Available to UK Direct Debit orders only

58 Karl Marx at 200 Gregory Claeys chronicles the life and legacy of one of the most in uential thinkers of all time

USPS Identification Statement BBC HISTORY (ISSN 1469-8552) (USPS 024-177) May 2018 is published 13 times a year under licence from BBC Worldwide by Immediate Media Company Bristol Ltd, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN, UK. Distributed in the US by Circulation Specialists, Inc., 2 Corporate Drive, Suite 945, Shelton CT 06484-6238. Periodicals postage paid at Shelton, CT and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PO Box 37495, Boone, IA 50037-0495.

50 Why King Henry II went to war with his wife and three sons in the 1170s

I A

NI O N

/ N O R S K H Y D R O C O L L E C T

J O N E S

/ B E N

I D G E M A N

/A L A M Y/ B R

I M A G E S

/ G E T T Y

J O N E S

S E A N M C S O R L E Y/ S U E G E N T/ B E N

37 The lengths to which our ancestors went to get a good night’s sleep

42 On the trail of the actor who outshone William Shakespeare

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