BBC History Magazine – August 2014

Find out why Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell went from best friends to murderous enemies in the space of a few years. Plus, Hilary Mantel describes her creation of the fictional Cromwell and explains how she now views the Tudor henchman. Also in the issue, we reveal the secret weapons Britain planned to employ in the event of a Nazi invasion, we show how Ancient Rome descended into a century of bloody civil war and we introduce an Anglo-Saxon king who came close to ruling all of Britain.