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Articles in June 2004 issue of History Today

• Chateaux of ill fortune: Robert Knecht visits two of France's most remarkable chateaux, which stand as monuments to the ambitions of their upwardly mobile creators Thomas Bohier and Nicolas Fouquet.
  by Knecht, Robert
• Abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden: June 6th, 1654.(Month's Past)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• DNA tests may be performed on the body of a man rumoured to be the illegitimate grandson of Queen Victoria.(News)(Brief Article)
• Early renaissance man: Tristram Hunt finds inspiration for his study of civic consciousness in Tuscany and the lecture halls of Cambridge.(Point of Departure)
  by Hunt, Tristram
• Plans to privatise a number of historic palaces in St Petersburg have provoked criticism from heritage experts.(News)(Brief Article)
• Unlocking the archives: Dr Rita Gardner, Director of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) introduces a new initiative to make its holdings accessible to all.(Frontline)
  by Gardner, Rita
• Other June anniversaries.(Month's Past)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• A missing gold link in a 2,000-year-old torc that may have belonged to Boudicca, has been found by an amateur archaeologist.(News)(Brief Article)
• Obituaries.(History in the Media)(Obituary)
• The power of place: Hadrian's Wall: Martin Henig, interviewed by Tony Morris, shares a beaker of wine with the Emperor Hadrian.(Cross Current)(Interview)
  by Morris, Tony
• Fighting for Napoleon: Pamela Spencer draws attention to a new exhibition opening at the Wallace Collection.(Frontline)
  by Spencer, Pamela
• London's Leonardo The Life and Work of Robert Hooke.('A More Beautiful City': Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire)(Book Review)
  by Fara, Patricia
• Round and about: June 2004.(Frontline)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• The afterlife of a nuclear test site: Gerard DeGroot investigates the effects of the 'peace dividend' on the Nevada desert.(Cross Current; Nevada Test Site)
  by DeGroot, Gerard
• D-Day books and films.(Frontline)
• Richard Martin 'Humanity Dick' (1754-1834).(Commons Sense; Irish parliamentarian whose concern for animal welfare resulted in protective laws )
  by Farrell, Stephen
• A 2,500-year-old lion's head sculpture has been pieced together for the first time in centuries.(News; two halves excavated and sold separately )(Brief Article)
• Paul: His Story.(In the Footsteps of Saint Paul)(Book Review)
  by Freeman, Charles
• Erratum.(Correction Notice)
• The Battle of Normandy: Russell Chamberlin introduces the commemorations to the anniversary of the start of Operation Overlord, sixty years ago this month.(Frontline)
  by Chamberlin, Russell
• Coming to terms with the past: former Yugoslavia: Dejan Djokic pinpoints the baleful influences of historical distortion and myth in a troubled area.(Today's History)
  by Djokic, Dejan
• Facing up to the past.(Frontline)
  by Furtado, Peter
• Perfume historian David Pybus has reproduced a scent that went down with the Titanic in 1912.(News)(Brief Article)
• Black Briton?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Robins, Colin
• Murder in Mexico: Julia Swanson tells the extraordinary tale of her English grandfather and his family who were tragically caught up in the violence of the Mexican Revolution.
  by Swanson, Julia
• A musical score by Johann Sebastian Bach has been uncovered among the papers of a deceased Japanese pianist.(News)(Brief Article)
• A rare 7th-century Indian sculpture of the Buddha has been secured for the nation.(News; acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum)(Brief Article)
• Owen Glendower's French treaty: June 14th, 1404.(Month's Past)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Troy, city of dreams: Adrian Mourby visits the site of a city that continues to inspire grandiose visions, as it has done for almost 3,000 years.(Frontline)
  by Mourby, Adrian
• Picturing D-Day: Michael Paris examines the way in which aspects of D-Day were filmed at the time and have subsequently been reconstructed in popular cinema.
  by Paris, Michael
• Reconstructing history: Sally Doganis provides an insider's view of the challenges facing those who bring the past to the small screen.(Today's History)
  by Doganis, Sally
• The De Re Militari of Vegetius: a classical text in the Middle Ages: Christopher Allmand considers the long-lasting impact of the great study of military tactics and organisation.
  by Allmand, Christopher
• Richard Cobden and the Crimean War: Anthony Howe looks at the anti-war stance of the great Victorian reformer; his fall from grace and subsequent revival.
  by Howe, Anthony
• The Cardinal's Hat.(Book Review)
  by Proud, Linda
• The first Victoria Cross: June 21st, 1854.(Month's Past)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Recent discoveries from a 'princely grave' near Southend-on-sea have provided further insight into early British Christianity.(News)(Brief Article)
• The National Railway Museum in York has bid successfully for the Flying Scotsman locomotive, which was built in Doncaster in 1923.(News)(Brief Article)
• The $10,000, Pulitzer Prize for History 2004, has been awarded to a Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration.(News)(Brief Article)
• Archaeologists at Dartmoor National Park are to attach tiny microchips to about 200 ancient granite crosses and other artefacts across the site to help catch thieves.(News)(Brief Article)