The 15 Minute Book Club

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Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone: A Wellington and an Infantry Officer Oct 28, 2021

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So how did a piece of Vickers Wellington Mk X HF485 find its way to Virginia, USA? Jon Bernstein, Arms & Armament Curator at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, returns to Hedge Hopping to tell the remarkable story of his grandfather and the crash of Wellington HF485 days before deployed to France in July 1944.

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History Hack: How to Survive in Medieval England Oct 27, 2021

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Toni Mount joins us to tell us exactly what you'd need to get by in Medieval England.

Buy Toni's book, How to Survive in Medieval England, at our very own Bookstore here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781526754417

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History Hack: Who Was Walt Disney? Oct 25, 2021

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Josh Provan returns to talk all about the man behind one of the biggest names in entertainment history.

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History Hack: Patron Saint Cromwell Oct 22, 2021

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Rebecca Warren joins us to explain why, when it came to religion at least, Cromwell wasn't all bad.

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History Hack: An Alternative History of Britain Oct 20, 2021

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If you'd have sat down in the Middle Ages to write a history of Britain, what might it have looked like? Using art, mythology and historical sources, Amy Jeffs has written then book.

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History Hack: Ike and Winston Oct 18, 2021

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Jonathan Jordan returns to talk all about his stellar work into the relationship between Eisenhower and Churchill both during and after the Second World War.

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History Hack: Down the Pub Oct 15, 2021

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The regulars convene to debate the wackiest saint in history.

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History Hack: The Rise of the Ottomans Oct 15, 2021

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Marc Baer joins us for a fascinating jaunt through 300 years of imperial Ottoman history.

But Marc's book, The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781473695702

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History Hack: Cecily with Annie Garthwaite Oct 13, 2021

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Author Annie Garthwaite joins Charlotte and Boney to discuss the incredible Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III and the subject of her new novel, Cecily, which views the Wars of the Roses through the incredible woman history has pushed out of focus.

Buy Cecily by Annie Garthwaite at our very own bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9780241476871

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History Hack: War Graves in the UK Oct 11, 2021

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Megan Kelleher joins us to talk about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves at home and how it has evolved in the last 100 years.

Learn more about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at: https://www.cwgc.org/

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

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