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Did the Catholic Church support Hitler?

Aug 2026 · 4 books

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Das Kapital

Karl Marx

they clearly not read das capital or lenin's writings in any great depth ▶ tap to play from here

The Myth of the Twentieth Century

Alfred Rosenberg

you get a lot of this in alfred rosenberg's the myth of the twentieth century ▶ tap to play from here

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

the catholic church is too scared to put mine camp the index of prohibited books catholics can read mein kampf ▶ tap to play from here

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Flirting with Evil, The Catholic Church in the Age of Total War and Globalization

Ambrosio Chiani

ambrosio is a senior lecturer in history at the university of kent and his latest book is flirting with evil the catholic church in the age of total war and globalization which is out now ▶ tap to play from here

Frida Kahlo: life of the week

Aug 2026 · 2 books

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The Death of Trotsky

Josh Ireland

i spoke to josh ireland a couple of months ago about his book the death of trotsky in which i posed the question of the affair between trotsky and frida kahlo to him ▶ tap to play from here

Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Hayden Herrera

and then one of the big moments kind of of b the beginning of freedomania was the publication of hayden herera's biography so in nineteen eighty three hayden herrera published this kind of blockbuster biography of frida kahlo ▶ tap to play from here

How the Americas transformed Tudor England

Aug 2026

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Preview: Master the medieval art of knowing yourself

Aug 2026

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Have we got ancient women's sexuality all wrong?

Aug 2026

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Adultery, assassination and Agatha Christie: the dark side of the hotel

Aug 2026

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Hedy Lamarr: life of the week

Aug 2026

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How WW2 transformed Asia

Aug 2026

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Preview: Was Jack the Ripper Queen Victoria's grandson?

Aug 2026

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How opium became a powerful global commodity

Aug 2026

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A wild history of partying

Aug 2026

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Yuri Gagarin: life of the week

Aug 2026

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How Christianity conquered the Roman empire

Aug 2026

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The Odyssey’s forgotten epilogue

Aug 2026

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Why did witches confess?

Aug 2026

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Inside the Maya storyworld

Aug 2026

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Zheng Yi Sao: life of the week

Aug 2026

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The Fifth Crusade: triumph, disaster and the battle for Egypt

Aug 2026

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Is the Odyssey myth or memory?

Aug 2026

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Renaissance Italy's firearm revolution

Jul 2026

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