The 15 Minute Book Club

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#17 History Hack: The Brothers Holland Apr 04, 2020

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Historical bros Tom and James Holland join us to answer you classical, religious and WW2 questions, talk about how they grew to love history together and recall some of the greatest matches in cricket history as a potentially wasted season approaches.

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#16 History Hack: Down the Pub Apr 03, 2020

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Join the gang at The Mary Rose virtual pub for another history debate. Alex and Alina are joined by judges The-Not-So-Honourable Holmes and Lord Klopp-Dyer for an oft-riotous discussion on History's Nastiest Villain. Panelists include Historians Rebecca Rideal, Emma Southon and Benedict Holme.

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#15 History Hack: The Truth is Out There Apr 03, 2020

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Israeli historian and archaeologist Gilad Jaffe joins Alex and Alina to give you a crash course in Biblical Archaeology. How easy is it to marry up evidence on the ground with the contents of the good book? And what are the pitfalls of being too desperate to make it happen? And what has happened to Gilad's Indiana Jones hat?

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#14 History Hack: Pole Position Apr 03, 2020

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Brace yourselves, this is something to get really stuck into. Sławomir Debski, Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, joins Alex and Alina to discuss Poland's relationship with Russia, Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. A rare chance to hear a total powerhouse on the subject.

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#13 History Hack: Victorian Freak Shows Apr 02, 2020

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Alex and Alina are joined by rising history star John Woolf to talk all about his book The Wonders and the Victorian Freak Show. Equally heartbreaking as it is fun, we learn about performers through history, the lives they led, and why even if The Greatest Showman was actually a git, Hugh Jackman is still gorgeous.

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#12 History Hack: Football's 50 Most Important Moments Apr 01, 2020

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Alex and Alina are joined by Gareth Thomas and Ben Jones, the award winning Football History Boys, as they bring you some history to fill the sporting void. Teams, players, moments, rule changes, tragedies and the matches that have shaped the history of the beautiful game; as well as some admissions to random Covid19 purchases of absolute nonsense.

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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

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#11 History Hack: Belgium in WW1 Mar 31, 2020

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Alex and Alina interview Belgian historians Gregory Verfaillie and Martial Masschelein about their country’s experience of the Great War. Learn about refugees, holding off the German invasion, prostitution and unwed mothers, how Belgians still live with the war every day, and why they’ve all been panic buying headache tablets.

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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

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

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#10 History Hack: Crucible of Hell Mar 30, 2020

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Join Alex and Alina as they talk to Saul David about his smash hit new book: Crucible of Hell: Okinawa, the Last Great Battle of the Second World War. Saul puts the battle into context, explains the thought process behind Kamikaze pilots, the truth about Hacksaw Ridge, the morality of dropping atomic bombs and makes our day with the revelation that gin and tonic might be all you need to combat Covid-19.

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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

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#9 History Hack: Mastering the Middle Ages Mar 29, 2020

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Scholar and TV Historian Dan Jones joins Alex and Alina for a Medieval Q&A. Learn about what he’s working on now, how you go about writing an epic, who his favourite (dead) women are, why Philippa Gregory novels should not form the basis of conpiracy theories, and how to home school like a boss.

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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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#8 History Hack: Hail Mary! Mar 28, 2020

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The undisputed Queen of Antiquity joins Alex and Alina for a Q&A session. Mary Beard tackles your questions with tales of plagues, Pompeii, parenting and porn. Find out about the Roman equivalent of Trip Advisor, how to swear in Latin, why gin and tonic fixes everything, and why personal grooming during a pandemic is for wimps.

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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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