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Today's Featured Article
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Peter H. Wilson revisits the War of the Triple Alliance, Latin America’s bloodiest conflict. First published in Volume: 54 Issue: 5
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Archive highlights for this month
A selection of additional articles for the March issue of History Today
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Bernhard Rieger considers how luxury liners became icons of modernity and national pride in the early decades of the twentieth century. |
Francis Robinson looks for the distinctively tolerant and worldly features of Mughal rule in India and that of the related Islamic dynasties of Iran and Central Asia. |
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Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world’s greatest hero. |
Frank L. Holt looks at the legends and realities of Alexander's bride from Central Asia, the world she lived in and the power struggles that ensnared her. |
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John Matusiak pricks the imperial pretension of the monarch who came to the throne 500 years ago |
The houses built by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, are a reflection of his career under Henry VIII, says Maurice Howard, and the King's manipulation of those who served him. |
This Month's Magazine
From The Current Issue
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Jonathan Downs
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Paul Lay
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Tim Stanley
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