All About History

All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.

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Defining Moments

THE MAORI • Discover the fascinating history and traditions of New Zealand’s native people, from their earliest recorded years to their contribution to WWI and beyond

Maori History

A WHARENUI • NEW ZEALAND, 19TH CENTURY

A MĀORI CHIEF • NEW ZEALAND, 19TH CENTURY

PAPA HOU • KEEPING VALUABLE TREASURES SAFE AND SOUND, NEW ZEALAND, 18TH CENTURY

GREAT MĀORI LEADERS • Some of the Māori men and women who acted as great leaders both in war and in peace

DR VINCENT O’MALLEY • DISCUSSING THE HORRIFIC LEGACY OF THE ANGLO-MĀORI WARS

MĀORI MARVELS • Immerse yourself in New Zealand’s indigenous culture

MACOLM VS MARTIN • Inside the rivalry that supercharged the Civil Rights movement

EXPERT BIO

CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE • Important milestones towards justice

BEHIND THE MOVEMENT • The people who helped shape the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

10 Greatest Kingmakers • Revealing the power brokers who reshaped empires and controlled successions throughout history

WHO WERE THE BLACK TUDORS? • Dr Miranda Kaufmann discusses her book Black Tudors: The Untold Story and uncovering the lost stories of black people in Tudor England

SANCTUARY STATE • How Africans found freedom in Tudor England

SALVAGING THE MARY ROSE • How an African man became one of the first to see the wreck of the Mary Rose

Pilots of the Caribbean • During World War II, a group of brave volunteers from Africa and the Caribbean joined the RAF to help defend Britain’s skies

War Workers Hostels • Providing lodgings for African and Caribbean volunteers exposed differing attitudes to race

Cv Grant,alias Lieutenant Green • The RAF hero who continued breaking down barriers after the war

BRITAIN'S BLOODIEST EVER MUTINY • The story of a British frigate, her crew’s bloodthirsty uprising and the Royal Navy’s revenge

HATSHEPSUT THE QUEEN WHO BECAME KING • After decades of stability, Egypt once again found itself in crisis when one woman decided to shatter the status quo

THE 18TH DYNASTY FAMILY TREE

THE SEARCH FOR HATSHEPSUT'S MUMMY • After being lost to the desert for three millennia, a tiny piece of evidence revealed the truth to her whereabouts

FIVE GREATEST BUILDING PROJECTS • Hatshepsut’s commissions were so grand that after her death many pharaohs tried to claim them as their own

BATTLE OF CRÉCY • PICARDY, FRANCE, 26 AUGUST 1346

Battle Of Crécy

26 AUGUST 1346

HENRY VII HAD BEEN OVERTHROWN? • When Henry VII became king, plots were in place and pretenders eagerly eyed England’s throne. What if one of them had succeeded?

INTERVIEW WITH NATHEN AMIN

THE PAST

THE POSSIBILITY

REFUGEES: FORCED TO FLEE • A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum highlights the stories and struggles of refugees throughout the 20th and 21st centuries

REVIEWS • The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD • Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

ANZAC BISCUITS • A DELICIOUS CELEBRATORY TREAT, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 20TH CENTURY - PRESENT