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CONTENTS

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RICHARD I’s REBELLION

RISE LION
OF
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28 Find out how warrior king Richard the Lionheart earned
his name and stole the throne by fighting against his father

THE WRITTEN WORD

14 Timeline
How the alphabet evolved over time
16 Inside history
Explore Gutenberg’s revolutionary
printing press and workshop
18 Anatomy of
A 19th century novelist
20 A day in the life
The punishing routine of the
monks who kept knowledge alive
during the Middle Ages
22 How to
Channel your ki and paint
Japanese calligraphy
24 Hall of fame 60
The wordsmiths and writers who
have defined the English language
26 5 shocking facts
The unbelievable truth about
Egyptian hieroglyphics
FEATURES

40 Terror on the ice 70 Sun, sea and
How an obsession with finding the social breakdown
fabled Northwest Passage doomed The rise of the railway brought the
John Franklin and his 128 men seaside in reach of the masses — and
fresh challenges to Victorian morality
48 The other Mozart
In the 18th century, there was not 84 Lost treasures
one but two Mozarts who rocked the From Nazi gold to King John’s jewels,
world with their talents discover history’s greatest prizes still
waiting to be found
60 The House of Kim
The rogue state of North Korea has
only ever had three rulers — all from
the same family

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