February 2019 (Issue 65)

Expert articles from the February 2019 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Photo of Richard Nixon at a rally in 1968

Richard Nixon: the rise and fall of an American president

Language of flowers postcard

Q&A What was floriography?

The Imperial State Crown

Second World War

Q&A Where were the crown jewels kept during World War II?

Paul Delaroche's heavily idealised depiction of Lady Jane Grey's final moments, painted in 1833, shows Jane being guided to the block by Sir John Brydges, lieutenant of the Tower. The painting is given even greater poignancy by the fact that two of Jane's ladies are shown weeping and that even Jane's executioner is moved to avert his eyes. (VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the ‘Nine Days Queen’

Sunset at the Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt

Searching for the pharaohs: where are the tombs of Ancient Egypt’s missing kings and queens?

Portrait of Henry V

Q&A Why is Henry V's portrait in profile?

The Beatles with Ed Sullivan

How The Beatles broke America

Miniature from a Persian manuscript depicting Genghis Khan's funeral

General ancient history

Q&A Where was Genghis Khan buried?

Photo of Enoch Powell being escorted by police

The Rivers of Blood speech: what was it and how did it divide Britain?

Relief showing lion hunt on horseback.

General ancient history

Ashurbanipal ‘the Great’, the Lion of Assyria