All About History

All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.

All About History

Welcome

Defining Moments

ALL ABOUT EDO JAPAN • Discover how the island nation developed under the relative peace of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Key Events

NAGAYA ROWHOUSE • Edo Japan c.1603 - present

EDO STREET VENDOR • Edo (Tokyo) 17th-19th century

DECORATIVE TSUBA • How an important practical feature of a sword became a decorative item

EDO ARTISTS AND WRITERS • The Tokugawa Shogunate oversaw an era of great creative works that inspire to this day

THE RISE OF EDO ART • Christine Guth explains why this period created some of the most striking and lasting works of Japanese art

EDO CASTLES • Many of Japan’s most significant fortresses and palaces played a central role in the Edo period

AZTEC SACRIFICE • Why this great empire believed bloody rites and cannibalism brought order to the cosmos

SPY MANIA • THE SIXTIES WASN’T ALL ABOUT FLOWER POWER – FROM JAMES BOND TO JOHN STEED, SECRET AGENTS DOMINATED POPULAR CULTURE

The Baroness of the Sea • Discover the life of the pioneering woman who broke boundaries in circumnavigating the oceans

The Last Days of the West • The earth-shattering collapse of the Western Roman Empire was the result of invasions, corruption and cruelty

15 Historic Deadly Diet Tips • UNCOVER SOME OF THE PAST’S STRANGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS EATING HABITS AND WEIGHT-LOSS FADS

RISE OF THE WAAF • How a group of women risked their lives to protect their nation in WWII and shatter social norms

SALAMANCA • ARAPILES, SALAMANCA, SPAIN 22 JULY 1812

WHAT IF… THE NAZIS HAD THE ATOM BOMB FIRST? • With the ultimate weapon in his grasp, would Hitler have held Europe to ransom or reduced it to rubble?

CROSSING OCEANS • A new exhibition explores the historic relationship between Hawaii and the UK

REVIEWS

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

GUACAMOLE • CENTRAL AMERICA, 14TH CENTURY – PRESENT