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**The 15 Minute Book Club**

We don’t always have an hour or so to spare. In this new, short-form podcast, Alex and Matt interview an author, gameshow style, and they have fifteen minutes on the clock to convince you to buy their new book. With a minute to go, the alarm sounds and your hosts will throw out the meanest, saddest comment they think the internet will come up with about the book and the author gets a chance to respond.

Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy the book (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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Victorian London Feb 03, 2023

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Helen Amy joins us to talk all about her new book on every day life in Victorian London.

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

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History Hack: The Many Lives of John Burgoyne Feb 01, 2023

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As a special treat for our 800th episode, Norman Poser joins us, close to the 300th anniversary of the general's birth to talk all about the many talents of John Burgoyne, and his role at Saratoga during the American Wars of Independence.

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Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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History Hack: Plantagenet Power Jan 30, 2023

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We're joined for the first in a double header with Jan-Marie Knights based on her new book, Plantagenet Socialite. Today it's the tale of Thomas Becket and a one woman attempt to rehabilitate King John.

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

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History Hack: Holocaust Memorial Day, 100 Saturdays Jan 27, 2023

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Today we commemorate Holocaust remembrance day and the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We were joined by Michael Frank, the author of the book "100 Saturdays". He tells the story of Stella Levi, a brave and remarkable woman from the island of Rhodes who survived Auschwitz, among other concentration camps.

We will never forget!

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Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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Pole Position: Officer Corps of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw pt2 Jan 26, 2023

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Dawid Gralik joins Alina and Sam Jolley to talk about Poland in the Napoleonic period in this second part episode of Pole Position.

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

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History Hack: Women in the CIA Jan 23, 2023

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Nathalia Holt joins us to talk about the women spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage.

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Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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History Hack: The Truth About the Franklin Expedition Jan 20, 2023

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Ernest Coleman has led or participated in four expeditions to find out the fate of the Franklin expedition. He joins us to talk about his book: No Earthly Pole.

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Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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History Hack: Crossbows Jan 18, 2023

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Origins, use, pop culture, Stuart Ellis Gorman joins us to comprehensively cover the medieval crossbow

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

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History Hack: Spitfire Down Jan 16, 2023

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Dilip Sarkar joins us to discuss his new book, which looks at the iconic Spitfire and a range of pilots who were lost flying them.

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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History Hack: Crusades in the 13th Century Jan 11, 2023

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Nicholas Morton joins us to talk about the crusades in the 13th century.

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Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!

UK Link:

US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:

(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub

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