Contents

4 Review - Lincoln

5 Editorial

6 "How can there be a true history, when we see no man living is able to write truly the history of the last week?" - Lindsey Davis (Read Article)

11 The President's Column

12 1066: The Limits of our Knowledge - Marc Morris (Read Article)

16 Historical fiction: warts and all - Richard Lee (Read Article)

22 Historical fiction: engaging the young reader in the past - Fiona M Collins

28 Judging a book by its cover - Judith Graham

32 Downton Abbey Question and answer session with Susannah Buxton

34 What is your period? Historical flash fiction competition

35 Review - Pure

36 My Favourite History Place St Petersburg - David Pearse (Read Article)

39 Henry VIII in ten tweets - Paula Kitching