Aspects of History: Issue Two

"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 second issue contains an exclusive interview with Robert Tombs, which addresses the history of Britain in and out of Europe.




The magazine also features pieces by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Ben Kane and Daisy Dunn.




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 second issue contains the following:




Britain In and Out of Europe: Saul David Interviews Renowned Historian Professor Robert Tombs.


Voices of History: How to Talk Your Way to Power, by Simon Sebag Montefiore.


History Repeating Itself? The Spanish Flu of 1918, by Catharine Arnold.


Rome is Where the Heart Is. Katie Palmer interviews classicist Daisy Dunn.


Historical Heroes: Mary Renault, by Antonia Senior.


Good Communists: Spying in the 1930s, by Michael Ridpath.


Hitler and Stalin, A Match Made in Hell: Operation Barbarossa and the Fatal Decision to Attack the Soviet Union, by Frank McDonough.


Hunting Leviathans, by Simon Read.


The Women Behind the Men: Catherine Grace Katz on The Daughters of Yalta. Interview by Michael Sonsino.


The Pursuit of Happiness, by Ritchie Robertson.


Confessions of a King: David Woodman, interviewed by Hannah Shilling.


How Do We Know About a Medieval King? The Case of King Henry III of England, by David Carpenter.


The Lion in Winter: J.A.Ironside interviews bestselling novelist Ben Kane about his new series, set during the reign of Richard the Lionheart.


Short Story: A Knight’s Tale, by Richard Foreman.


Should we admire the Vikings? By Neil Price.


Cupid’s Couple: Heloise and Abelard, by James Burge.


The Last Assassin and the Ides of March, by Peter Stothard.


Writers of Rome. Doherty & Turney, interviewed by Peter Tonkin.


Pirate, Extortionist, Royal Favourite: Hugh the Despenser, by Kathryn Warner.


Origins of a Legend: Robin Hood and the Disinherited, by David Pilling.


Short Story: The Last Resort by Elisabeth Gifford.


Great Black Britons: Richmond and Molyneux, by Patrick Vernon OBE and Dr. Angelina Osborne.


Tokens of Love: The Moving Objects Left by Mothers at The Foundling Hospital, by Stacey Halls.


Why 'the Wisest Fool in Christendom' deserves our interest, by Steven Veerapen.


The Unknown Women of GCHQ, by John Ferris.


Caroline Scott, bestselling author of When I Come Home Again, interviewed by Amelia Bashford.




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.