{"id":6487,"date":"2021-10-28T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=86761"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T11:54:10","slug":"december-2021-issue-of-bbc-history-revealed-out-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/december-2021-issue-of-bbc-history-revealed-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2021 issue of BBC History Revealed out now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 28 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Inside our December 2021 issue\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Your essential guide to the golden age of piracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parrots, peg legs, eyepatches and, of course, a broad West Country brogue: in popular culture, no pirate worth his (or her) salt would be seen or heard without at least one. But how accurate are modern-day portrayals of these nautical criminals? We dive into the history of piracy\u2019s \u2018golden age\u2019 and meet some of the famous figures \u2013 from Blackbeard to Anne Bonny \u2013 who plundered ships across the Caribbean and beyond.<\/p>\n

Ras Prince Monolulu: tipster, showman, radical<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you went to the races in interwar Britain, there was a good chance you would have spotted an excitable \u2018African prince\u2019 in the crowd, offering the latest tips to passing punters. But who exactly was<\/em> he? We explore the surprising life and career of Ras Prince Monolulu \u2013 the country\u2019s first black television star.<\/p>\n

Tudor England through the five senses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five hundred years ago, ordinary English folk would have been subjected to a mixture of sensory experiences \u2013 not all of them pleasant. From crowing cockerels to pungent public toilets, we explore the myriad of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures that defined life during the 16th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

What if\u2026 Otto von Bismarck hadn\u2019t unified Germany?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1871, dozens of central European states were brought together as a single nation by Prussia\u2019s powerful minister-president, Otto von Bismarck. But what if the \u2018Iron Chancellor\u2019 had never been on the scene to begin with? We ask whether Germany would have come into existence regardless, and how history might have looked different.<\/p>\n

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