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Discover how Suleiman the Magnificent
earned his name from page 54

Welcome Editor’s picks

“Hitler’s power is not political; it is magic,” said from the brink (from page 42) and how Ottoman The Siege of Lisbon
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, referring to the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquered 64 Find out how the Crusaders
stole back the city of Lisbon
Führer’s ability to play on a crowd’s darkest Eastern Europe (page 54). from Moroccan forces
desires to whip them into a frenzy. However, as As if that wasn’t enough, we take a look at the before almost turning on
each other with a step-by-
you’ll discover from page 30, many high-ranking devastating death tolls caused by the world’s step battle map.
Nazis believed in real magic, keeping astrologers worst plagues and how we’ve tried to fight back
68 Lawmen of the frontier
and Tarot card readers on the Third Reich’s payroll. against epidemics from page 16. We reveal early From the Texas Rangers to
Between Hitler exploiting German folklore quarantine methods, find out the Northwest Mounted
Police, meet the real-life
to prop up his hateful ideology and Heinrich why plague doctors wore legends who kept the peace
Himmler’s more eccentric projects — including those strange masks and in the farthest reaches of
the Old West.
using a pendulum swung over a map of the explore the revolutionary
Atlantic to divine Allied navy positions — the invention of antibiotics. 86 Dan Jones vs The Templars
low hum of occult chanting was never far away Hope you enjoy the issue! If you’ve read The Da Vinci
Code, you might think you
during Nazi Germany’s 12-year reign. know the Knights Templar.
Also in this issue, you can also find out how Jack Parsons But, as Dan Jones explains,
the shadowy sect are
Louis XIV brought the Bourbon dynasty back Editor shrouded in myth.

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