Dan Snow's History Hit
Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world. New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every
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WWI's Stalingrad: The Siege of Przemyśl
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The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemyśl
Alex Watson
prize winning author of the fortress the great siege opshield ▶ tap to play from here
The Rise of Peter The Great
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The Emperor Hunt
Daniel Beer
i have a book coming out next year uh with penguin which is about the revolutionary movement in uh the reign of alexander the second and it's called the emperor hunt ▶ tap to play from here
Medieval Ghost Stories
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Gilgamesh and the Netherworld
Unknown
it's called gilgamesh inky doo and the underworld and basically uh gilgamesh's best friend iggy doo goes down to the underworld ▶ tap to play from here
Vita Caroli Quarti
Charles IV
the emperor charles the fourth oh wrote an autobiography ▶ tap to play from here
Daemonologie
James VI and I
he writes the demonology in fifteen ninety seven and it's all about how demons are real ▶ tap to play from here
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
John Locke
when john locke is writing um educational treaties about how we should be like raising proper young men so that they learn things he's like listen be careful with the ghost thing ▶ tap to play from here
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
it would be great if if uh christmas carol was real ▶ tap to play from here
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
M. R. James
my favorite mr james uh ghost story is uh canon albert's scrapbook ▶ tap to play from here
Charles de Gaulle: The Man Who Rebuilt France
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The Last Titans: The Remarkable Story of the Churchill-De Gaulle Relationship
Richard Vinen
richard's the professor of history at king's college london and author of the last titans a jewel biography of churchill and degaulle ▶ tap to play from here
Discorde chez l'ennemi
Charles de Gaulle
he gives a set of lectures to his fellow prisoners during the first world war and he it's called discord among the enemy ▶ tap to play from here
Vers l'armée de métier
Charles de Gaulle
he also becomes associated he publishes his book on tank warfare under the title ver lame du mettier towards the professional army ▶ tap to play from here
War Memoirs
Winston Churchill
the famous opening lines of his memoirs are all of my life i've had a certain idea of france ▶ tap to play from here
The Myths vs Reality of Mummification
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
anyone who's read the bible knows about you know the treatment of of jacob and these kind of egyptian ways of doing things ▶ tap to play from here
Othello
William Shakespeare
shakespeare writes about it i think desdemona and othello has this in her handkerchief and it's it's meant to be a cure all ▶ tap to play from here
The Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot's Reign of Terror
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How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975
Ben Kiernan
he's the author of lots and lots of acclaimed books how paul pot came to power ▶ tap to play from here
Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
Ben Kiernan
blood and soil a world history of genocide and extermination from sparta to darfur ▶ tap to play from here
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Ben Kiernan
and a sequel called the pul put regime ▶ tap to play from here
The History of the Illuminati
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Illuminati: The History of a Conspiracy Theory
Michael Taylor
here to break all down for us is michael taylor historian and author of illuminati the history of a conspiracy theory ▶ tap to play from here
Memoirs, Illustrating the History of Jacobinism
Augustin Barruel
barrowell in the second volume of his four books had suggested that the french and the illuminati might be at work in ireland ▶ tap to play from here
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
in the early twentieth century they appear in thomas mann's magic mountain ▶ tap to play from here
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Unknown
the forgery that's known as the protocols of the elders of zion ▶ tap to play from here
The October Revolution
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The Russian Revolution
Victor Sebestyen
his book the russian revolution brings together the personalities the politics and the human drama behind one of the defining events of modern history ▶ tap to play from here
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy
Victor Sebestyen
he's also the author more recently of weimar germany death of a democracy there you go which was published earlier this year ▶ tap to play from here
John Dudley: Tudor England's Wicked Duke
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Book of Common Prayer
Thomas Cranmer
there's a second book of common prayer produced by thomas cramer in edward's reign and the second book is fifteen fifty one strips away any vestiges of catholic practice ▶ tap to play from here
The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
Jeremy Paul
jeremy paul's written this book called the house of dudley ▶ tap to play from here
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
he's not read that book about how to win friends and influence people ▶ tap to play from here
The Yakuza
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Yakuza: A Four Hundred Year History of the Japanese Underworld
Andrew Rankin
author of yakuza a 400 year history of the japanese underworld ▶ tap to play from here
The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert F. Kennedy
published thirteen days and in that book he painted jfk in his inner circle as as enlightened flawless crisis managers ▶ tap to play from here
Britain's Deadliest Arctic Expedition
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Empire at the Edge of the World: Endurance and Madness in the High Arctic
Giles Milton
giles milton author of empire at the edge of the world endurance and madness in the high arctic ▶ tap to play from here
The Friendly Arctic
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
stephenson who writes has already written one book called the friendly arctic saying the arctic is ready to be colonized ▶ tap to play from here
The Adventure of Wrangell Island
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
and he will now write another book called the adventure of wrangell island ▶ tap to play from here
The 'Scandalous' Life of Marie Antoinette
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Regina: A New History of Women and Power
Kate Williams
author of a new book called regina a new history of women and power ▶ tap to play from here
Confessions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
let the meat brioche but it was actually written by jean jacques rousseau in his confessions ▶ tap to play from here
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Antonia Fraser
antonia fraser who's written just an iconic book about marie antoinette she writes so well about this small group ▶ tap to play from here
The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty
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The Boundless Sea
David Abulafia
i've just been reading david abilathia's history of the sea and it we should say it's not quite like christopher columbus is heading out into ▶ tap to play from here
Jin Ping Mei
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
one of the great novels of chinese history is a book called the jinping me which is like the lady chatterley's lover but way better written ▶ tap to play from here
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D.H. Lawrence
which is like the lady chatterley's lover but way better written it's the kind of thing if you read it on the subway you'd be blushing ▶ tap to play from here
Knights vs Ottomans: The Great Siege of Malta
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The KGB Double Agent Who Stopped Armageddon with Ben McIntyre
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained
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Domesday Book
William the Conqueror (Commissioned by)
it doesn't appear in that great royal survey of england the doomsday book compiled about a generation later ▶ tap to play from here
The Battle of New York Explained
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The Rise & Fall of Babylon
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Babylon: The Mother of All Cities
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
he's author of babylon the mother of all cities and he's gonna help me strip away centuries of myth ▶ tap to play from here
King James Bible
Unknown
it's the equivalent of kind of like you know saint uh king james bible language for for even for the babylonians of hammurabi's time ▶ tap to play from here
Deuteronomy
Traditional (Moses / Biblical Authors)
in the hebrew bible in the old testament in uh leviticus numbers deuteronomy as well ▶ tap to play from here
Epic of Gilgamesh
Unknown
their greatest piece of literature is the epic of gilgamesh ▶ tap to play from here
Babylonian Talmud
Various Jewish Rabbis
in the mid middle ages there was the writing of the babylonian talmud ▶ tap to play from here
Book of Revelation
John of Patmos
in the last book of the of the of the new testament the book of revelation which most people think they know ▶ tap to play from here
Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones
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