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Find out how New York gangsters like Lucky Luciano
helped fight Nazis on America’s home front from page 64
Welcome Editor’s picks

Nothing says ‘season’s greetings’ quite like an may have been partly responsible for the Dragon Empress
angry Viking coming at you with an axe, does tradition of kissing under the mistletoe in our 68 While other women have
it? Sadly, he’s not offering it as a gift — rather Secret History of Christmas special feature. been appointed empress,
Wu Zetian is the only one
he’s challenging you to trial by combat. This Discover 49 more cracking festive facts like this to have ruled China in her
was just one of several ways Norse law allowed from page 36 onwards. own right. Find out how she
clawed her way to power.
the warriors to settle disputes. You might also If you appreciated that our magazine cover was
face banishment, walking on burning hot coals, at least snowy, you will love London’s lost frost 76 Battle of Sempach
Explore step-by-step how
or even certain death. However, the Vikings fairs. For 300 years, the River a plucky Swiss militia
were not savages: most of their squabbles were Thames used to freeze solid forced the Medieval might
that was the Austrian
settled through arbitration, while a jury of your and hosted a carnival on the ice. Habsburg dynasty out of
peers would determine your sentence. The laws But there hasn’t been one since their mountains.
themselves did not come from on high either, but 1814. Find out why and what a One’s best friend
were voted on by the entire community. Face frost fair involved from page 52. 86 From the Queen’s obsession
with corgis to the tiger
Viking justice from page 28. Emperor Nero rescued from
While our front cover may seem lacking in Jack Parsons Rome’s fighting pits, discover
the often deep relationships
festive spirit, you will discover that the Vikings Editor royals have with their pets.
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