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CONTENTS

Welcome to All About History 48

ALEXANDER

THE GREAT

48 How one man’s military genius, inspirational leadership
and fearsome army conquered most of the known world
DEMOCRACY

12 From humble beginnings democracy has
become the form of government most aspire to
14 Day in the life
Of a 19th-century English MP
16 Democracy
throughout time
Come with us to witness the
birth, awkward adolescence and
development of democracy
18 How to…
Get elected as a Roman senator – do
you have what it takes?
20 Top 5 facts
Pericles is known as one of the
founding fathers of democracy

22 Greatest battles
The Battle of Marathon saw the
fledgling democracies of Greece take
on a formidable Persian force
26 Hall of fame
Ten pioneers of democracy 86
28 Anatomy of...
A soldier in the Spanish civil war
FEATURES

58 Titanic: The 76 Killing for honour
unsinkable ship The tragic tale of the last fatal duel
How a symbol of modern technology between Englishmen at a time when
became a byword for disaster gentlemen demanded ‘satisfaction’
66 Ten dirtiest ticks 84 Robin Hood
of WWII Just how much of the legendary folk
Exploding rats, itching powder and hero and outlaw’s myth is actually 58
other dastardly deeds based on fact?

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