The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts:
* It has been nearly 50 years since 'The Great Train Robbery'. The incident would became infamous for being one of the most daring robberies in history. The BBC discovers how the leader of the gang, Bruce Reynolds, became an established author after his arrest.
* According to The Guardian's researchers novels are still the most interactive form of media around.
* The Guardian have made a clock made up entirely of quotes. The clock will be showcased at the Edinburgh international books festival.
* When do you give up on a book? A new infographic produced by Goodreads aims to shed light on this.
* At the height of WW2 the Germans dropped were dropping V1 and V2 rockets heavily on France and the UK. The BBC examines how hundreds of staff at RAF Medmenham used grainy images to spot the rockets.
* Archaeologists in Scotland beleive they have found the world's oldest lunar calender.
* The four surviving copies of the Magna Carta will be brought together for the first time in history.
* After 70 years a family is reunited with the diary of a lost relative who was a PoW in Hong Kong.
* J K Rowling's cover has been blown after she was revealed to be the author of a new murder mystery novel 'The Cuckoo's Calling'.
Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?