Retelling the true story behind history’s most memorable events, All About History Annual will transport you back in time. Broken up into thematic sections – Empires & Civilisations, Power & Politics, Death & Disaster and Fame & Fortune – this collection gathers All About History’s best content from the the past year. So sit back and immerse yourself in the highlights and low points from our tumultuous past. Featuring: Empires of the world - Dig up the foundations of ancient and powerful societies that have roamed Earth. People of power - Read the true stories of controversial characters and influential leaders. Devastating events - Uncover the role of death in society and revisit deadly events. Icons & ambitions - Peek behind the fickle veil of fame and witness its impact on the stars.
ALL ABOUT HISTORY ANNUAL
All About History Annual
ANCIENT TALES
SECRETS OF STONEHENGE • From ceremonial site to sun calendar, find out how and why this ancient monument was built
A LESSER HENGE? • Gobekli Tepe in Turkey is a far older megalithic monument that is, arguably, more important than Stonehenge
MERLIN AND STONEHENGE • Why Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed it was a war memorial created by the legendary wizard
HAMMERING AWAY • The tools used to construct Stonehenge
ZENOBIA WARRIOR QUEEN • How the self-proclaimed heir to Cleopatra and Queen Dido of Carthage forged herself an empire amid Rome’s troubles
FOUR ZENOBIA FACTS • Vital things to know about the empress and her realm
ZENOBIA TIMELINE • Key events in the life of the Palmyrene empress
REBEL GREEK PHILOSOPHERS • These intriguing, eccentric and bizarre thinkers challenged what the ancient world thought it knew
TUTANKHAMUN • How Egypt’s legendary boy king came to power and who was really in control
SYMBOLS OF POWER • Items that helped pharaohs exude wealth and authority
ADVISERS TO THE BOY KING • Key figures who worked behind the scenes
EGYPT’S YOUNG PHARAOHS • Tutankhamun was far from the only child to rule Egypt
KINGS & QUEENS
MARY VS ELIZABETH • How the battle between the queens reshaped the English monarchy
MARY I TIMELINE • Key events in the life of Henry VIII’s eldest child
MARRIAGE MATERIAL • The prospective betrothals that Mary and Elizabeth avoided
BURIED TOGETHER • The sisters now lie together at Westminster Abbey
THE FIRST (and last) KING of HAITI • The short-lived monarchy of Henry Christophe, rebel leader of the Haitian Revolution
REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS • The Haitians who helped forge a new nation
A KING’S FORTRESS • The impressive Citadelle Henry explained
Victoria and Albert • The great romance that reshaped the monarchies of Europe
DEAR DIARY • Queen Victoria’s courtship with Albert in her own words, taken from her surviving journals
A PRINCESS IN DEMAND • Many young princes were paraded before Victoria
A ROYAL CHRISTMAS • How Victoria and Albert marked the festive season
TAMAR THE GREAT Georgia’s Golden Queen • How the legendary monarch advanced the gilded age of medieval Georgia
King or Queen? • Why is Tamar sometimes referred to as a Georgian king?
The Knight in the Panther’s Skin • The epic poem that idolised Queen Tamar
WAR STORIES
THE LAST CRUSADERS • Uncover the secrets of the famous chivalric order that put Europe’s ‘Pagans’ to the sword
TEUTONIC TIMELINE • Key events in the evolution of this crusader order
TACTICS AND ORGANISATION • Well-trained, well-armed and disciplined, the Teutonic knight was a formidable warrior
LEADERS & COMMANDERS • The knights were...