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麻豆社 History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history title, is set to launch in Spain following a licensing deal between 麻豆社 Worldwide and Ediciones Nobel. The title, to be published as '麻豆社 Historia' magazine will go on sale on Friday 26 March 2010, priced 鈧�3.90.

麻豆社 History Magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written by the world's leading historians and journalists. From Ancient Egypt to Tudor England and the Second World War, 麻豆社 History Magazine delivers new and thought provoking historical research alongside fascinating tales to captivate anyone who is interest in the past.

The launch marks the first partnership between Ediciones Nobel and 麻豆社 Magazines, and the second international licensing deal for the title. 麻豆社 Historia will be edited by Ignacio Cabal and will have an initial print run of 60,000.

James Hewes, Head of International Development at 麻豆社 Magazines, said: 鈥溌槎股� Worldwide are delighted to be working with our newest partners, Ediciones Nobel, to launch 麻豆社 Historia magazine in Spain. 麻豆社 History Magazine is the biggest selling history magazine in the UK, and I鈥檓 confident we will emulate this success in Spain. 鈥�

麻豆社 Historia editor, Ignacio Cabal said: 鈥�麻豆社 Historia will have 60% UK content and 40% Spanish content. It will highlight the best international features from 麻豆社 History Magazine, all of which will be written by prestigious historians and journalists from the UK. Global features will be written by famous Spanish and Latin-American historians, professors and writers, all of which will have a focus on Hispanic areas. History is extremely popular amongst Spanish readers, and we are confident that the outstanding content of 麻豆社 Historia will make it a resounding success.鈥�

The launch issue will include features on the Second Spanish Republic, Henry VIII's women and Tutankhamun.

NOTES TO EDITORS
About 麻豆社 History Magazine
麻豆社 History Magazine is the biggest selling and most authoritative history magazine in the UK. It has a monthly circulation of 64,712 (ABC Jul-Dec 2009) and is published by 麻豆社 Magazines Bristol, a trading name of Bristol Magazines Ltd., which is a subsidiary of 麻豆社 Worldwide Ltd., the main commercial consumer arm of the 麻豆社.

About Ediciones Nobel
Ediciones Nobel was founded in Oviedo in 1989. Their focus was essentially in the field of cultural publishing, but over the years they have broadened their horizon by offering exciting new media. Ediciones Nobel鈥檚 main area of business is magazine publishing as well as providing newspapers with collections of books, CDs, DVDs etc. Ediciones Nobel also publishes the following magazines: Clarin Magazine, Supernanny magazine, Thermomix magazine, WWE Spain and WWE Mexico. In April there will be on sale two new magazines: 麻豆社 Historia and Redes para la ciencia.

Gemma Diaper