December 2009 – Volume 10 – No 12

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Vikings

Robert Ferguson argues that the Norse raiders who ravaged Britain in the eighth century regarded their attacks as acts of self defence

Samuel Johnson

Peter Martin re-examines the great lexicographer's life and finds a man who was haunted by melancholia and guilt

The secret service

Michael Goodman looks at how spymasters fought a secret conflict with Germany before the First World War

On the trail of the Blitz

We take a tour round the country following the story of the Blitz

 

On Sale Date: 
Tuesday 24th November 2009
Issue Number: 
120
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