History Revealed

History Revealed brings the past to life for everyone. It’s an action-packed, image-rich magazine with zero stuffiness. Each issue has a central section that takes a closer look at one of history’s big stories, such as the Wild West or Ancient Rome, telling everything you need to know. We also explore the lives of the truly famous, follow the great adventures of the past, taste the blood and thunder of battles, and look at how closely Hollywood blockbusters have told history. Plus, we answer questions about some of the more surprising and strange aspects of the past. If you want to get into history, subscribe today.

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SNAPSHOTS

THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH... • RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company

Oscar Wilde is released from prison

EUROVISION IS FIRST TELEVISED

OTHER ANNIVERSARIES • A LOOK BACK AT OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MAY THROUGHOUT HISTORY

PARANORMAL COLD CASE INVESTIGATING HISTORY’S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS • BBC Radio’s Danny Robins speaks to a photographer present at one of the most famous ‘hauntings’ in British history. But did his images capture an elaborate hoax?

The Evil May Day Riots

Al Capone’s rise to infamy • He is one of the most well-known gangsters of all time, immortalised in numerous films and books. But does Al Capone deserve his ruthless reputation? And why did his criminal career end with a whimper?

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

TEA, TAXES AND THE TAKING UP OF ARMS • The seeds of revolution and calls for independence were brewing in Britain’s American colonies many years before a shooting war broke out...

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR • Professor Benjamin Carp answers key questions about the colonies’ 18th-century fight for independence

AMERICA’S ROAD TO REVOLUTION • Professor Benjamin Carp reveals how growing discontent over British taxes led embittered American colonists to rebel against the Crown and embark on a fight for independence

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE • In 1776, as the conflict heated up, Britain’s North American colonies announced their independence with a groundbreaking document. Dr Tom Cutterham explores the Declaration’s lasting impact

ROYALS, RADICALS AND REVOLUTIONARIES • From the founding fathers to the British general whose surrender brought the fighting to a close, we meet the conflict’s major players

A REVOLUTION IN WOMEN’S LIVES • In the struggle for independence, America’s “ladies” served as medics, cooks, campaigners and even as fighters

A TRIO OF LIVES LESS ORDINARY

THE BATTLES THAT MADE THE UNITED STATES • From the first shots at Lexington and Concord, to the surrender at Yorktown, we explore the most important clashes of the war

REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE • How many people died? What did soldiers wear on the battlefield? We look at the conflict’s key facts and figures

DID YOU KNOW?

FROM REVOLUTION TO RESOLUTION • After Cornwallis’ dramatic Yorktown surrender, American patriots could finally begin building the independent nation they so craved

HOW AMERICA MANAGED TO DOWN THE LAW • Getting each and every state to back the US Constitution was no mean feat...

GET HOOKED • If we’ve whetted your appetite for the American Revolutionary War, why not explore the topic further with our pick of books, films, podcasts and TV and radio programmes

A MOST UNLIKELY SUSPECT • In May 1922, a respected solicitor was sent to the gallows after being convicted of poisoning his wife. But was he truly guilty? A century on, Stephen Bates asks whether Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong was the victim of a terrible injustice

ART IMITATING LIFE...