The 15 Minute Book Club

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Pole Position: Soviet Polish relations Feb 23, 2023

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In this episode of Pole position, Łukasz Adamski joins Alina to talk about Polish-Soviet relations and propaganda. They also touch on the Polish operation in 1937.

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History Hack: Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries Feb 22, 2023

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Charly sits down with award-winning author Kate Mosse to discuss 1,000 amazing women and amplifying women's voices through their writing.

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History Hack: Magnus Maximus Feb 20, 2023

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On today's episode, we jump into the Roman period. Maxwell Craven joins us to talk about Magnus Maximus.

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History Hack: How Germany Waged WW1 Feb 17, 2023

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Great War Group trustee Andrew Lock joins us to talk all about how Germany orchestrated its participation in 1914-18.

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History Hack: Boaty Broadsides Feb 16, 2023

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We've given Chris a license to waffle about naval history in this new monthly segment. First up, it's Alexander Rose discussing spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate navy.

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History Hack: Hitler's Aristocrats Feb 15, 2023

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Susan Ronald joins us to talk all about the upper classes across the world and how they interacted with the rise of the Nazis.

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History Hack: Jane Austen's Women Feb 13, 2023

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Rita Dashwood joins us to talk all about Jane Austen's women and property. Those that owned it, how it appears in her novels and what it all means.

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History Hack: The Mongol Empire Feb 10, 2023

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Nicholas Morton returns to talk all about the scale of the Mongol Empire and how it functioned.

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History Hack: Blazing World Feb 08, 2023

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Jonathan Healey joins us to discuss his smash hit new book, which thoroughly analyses the tumult of England's 17th Century.

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History Hack: The Cultural Revolution Feb 06, 2023

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Tania Branigan joins us to talk about her new book "Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution"

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