Aspects of History: Issue Three

"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 third issue contains a feature by Saul David on the dropping of the bomb and the end of WWII.




The magazine also features pieces by Andrew Taylor, Paul Preston and Katja Hoyer.




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 third issue contains the following:


Okinawa, The Bomb and the ‘Real’ End of World War II, By Saul David.


Prisoners of History: Keith Lowe, Interviewed by Oliver Webb-Carter.


Otto Von Bismark: The Iron Chancellor was Made of Flesh and Blood, by Katja Hoyer.


Why Partition? By Charles Townshend.


Spain from 1874 to the Present Day: A People Betrayed? By Paul Preston.


Rewriting the History of the Second World War, by Sean McMeekin.


Historical Heroes: Dante’s Revenge, by Paul Strathern.


Alice: Antioch’s Rebel Princess, by Katherine Pangonis.


Short Story: Guile by J.A. Ironside.


The Queen’s Rival: Anne O’Brien, Interviewed by Amy McElroy.


Madame: A Fairy Tale, by Andrew Taylor.


Roman Britain’s Lost IXth Legion by Dr Simon Elliot.


The First Kingdom – How the Sutton Hoo Dig Rescued the ‘Dark Ages’ by Max Adams.


John of Gaunt: Father of Monarchy, by Helen Carr.


Short Story: Lantern and the Light, by Steven Veerapen.


Choir of Crows: Candace Robb, Interviewed by Peter Tonkin.


Should I Stay or Should I Go Now, by V.L. Valentine.


Money for Nothing: Thomas Levenson, Interviewed by David Durlacher.




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




Please note that this is the text only journal edition of the magazine. To read the illustrated version please visit the Aspects of History website.