May 2020 (Issue 81)

Expert history articles from issue 81 of BBC History Revealed

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Good King Hal

My life in history Mike Farley, Henry VIII impersonator . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English pilot Amy Johnson sat in a plane and wearing a helmet

‘Queen of the Air’: the remarkable life of pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian, by Jacob Marrel, 1679 (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

General Early Modern

Maria Sibylla Merian: the artist who challenged the natural world

Prospecting towns like Dawson boomed during the gold rush.

The dark side of the 19th-century gold rush

A researcher examines the medieval Voynich Manuscript with a magnifying glass

The Voynich Manuscript: who wrote the mystery medieval codex and what is it trying to tell us?

Crowds in Piccadilly Circus in London celebrate VE Day

Second World War

Countdown to VE Day: the week World War 2 ended in Europe

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Illustration of Alexander the Great marching to war (Illustration by Sue Gent_

What if… Alexander the Great had lived longer? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.