Aspects of History - Issue 12

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"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.
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 twelfth issue contains the following:
A Divided Kingdom: Robert Harris on his new novel, Act of Oblivion. First in, Last Out: US Marines in the Pacific, by Saul David Banged Up Abroad: Ben Macintyre on Colditz The Origins of Russia’s Cult of the Great Patriotic War By Katie Stallard How the Russians See Themselves, by Rodric Braithwaite A Close Run Thing: Max Hastings on the Cuban Missile Crisis AoH Book Club: Giles Milton on Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922. The Destruction of Islam’s City of Tolerance Short Story: The Prisoner, by MJ Porter Winters in the World, by Eleanor Parker Historical Heroes: Mary King of Scots, by Steven Veerapen The Potted Poley, by Peter Tonkin Short Story: A Plague on Your Business, by Michael Jecks His Own Messenger: The Rise of Cyrus the Great, by Matt Waters The First Tycoon, by Peter Stothard Who was Agricola? By Simon Turney The Extraordinary Emperor, by Harry Sidebottom An Elusive Woman: Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie
Recommended reading for fans of The Spectator, History Today and BBC History Magazine