Aspects of History: Issue Eight

“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. The eighth issue contains interviews with Bernard Cornwell and Jeremy Paxman. 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 eighth issue contains the following: Sharpe’s Return: Bernard Cornwell, interviewed by Oliver Webb-Carter George V’s Quarrel with Edward VIII, by Jane Ridley 1942: Britain at the Brink, By Taylor Downing Black Gold: Exclusive Interview with Jeremy Paxman Ottoman Pathways to Tolerance, by Marc David Baer The Un-Civil War, by Miranda Malins England Under Siege 1588-1688, by Clare Jackson Woman of Nimes: Suzannah Lipscomb, interviewed by Steven Veerapen Short Story: The Eyrie, by Paula de Fougerolles From Secretary to General: Eumenes, His Rise and Fall, by Robert Fabbri The Battle to End the War: Munda, by SJA Turney London: Mirror of Rome, by Dominic Perring AoH Book Club: The White King, by Leanda de Lisle, interviewed by Steven Veerapen A Real-Life Fairy Tale, By Malcolm Gaskill Historical Heroes: Samuel Pepys, by Deborah Swift The Demerara Uprising and the Enslaved Abolitionist of 1823, By Thomas Harding Short Story: The Unwanted Suitor by Sophia Tobin Six Campaigns: Allan Mallinson, interviewed by Gordon Corrigan The Unconventional Enemy, by Andrew Richards A Brief History of the AA and the RAC during the Second World War, by M.J.Porter 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.