The 15 Minute Book Club

Susan Ronald joins us to talk all about the upper classes across the world and how they interacted with the rise of the Nazis. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to s...

Rita Dashwood joins us to talk all about Jane Austen's women and property. Those that owned it, how it appears in her novels and what it all means. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes,...

Nicholas Morton returns to talk all about the scale of the Mongol Empire and how it functioned. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find o...

Jonathan Healey joins us to discuss his smash hit new book, which thoroughly analyses the tumult of England's 17th Century. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see...

Tania Branigan joins us to talk about her new book "Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution" Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to...

Helen Amy joins us to talk all about her new book on every day life in Victorian London. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how...

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. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Mer...

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. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod...

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! Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack...

Dawid Gralik joins Alina and Sam Jolley to talk about Poland in the Napoleonic period in this second part episode of Pole Position. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get...

Nathalia Holt joins us to talk about the women spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scene...

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. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time:...

Origins, use, pop culture, Stuart Ellis Gorman joins us to comprehensively cover the medieval crossbow support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and...

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. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get...

Nicholas Morton joins us to talk about the crusades in the 13th century. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was wri...

Peter James Bowman joins us to talk all about his new book, and about the Georgian origins of modern celebrity culture. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behi...

Join Karl Shaw for a tale of a Victorian superstar and a gruesome murder... support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was...

Richard Sugg joins us to talk about his new book on the history of disgust. support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was...

Based on his book, about how Victorians got us to the moon, Iwan Rhys Morus joins us to talk all about this era's vibrant contribution to science history. support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more mi...

Kenneth McInnes joins us to talk about Russian Democracy Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ 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 su...

Caroline Roope joins us to talk all about the history of London's Tube network and it's iconic map. support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and fi...

Join the regulars as they debate the greatest person in history with whom they share a name, and open their secret Santa presents... 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 B...

Historian Marcus Rediker and artist David Lester join us to talk all about their forthcoming graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death, which examines the evolution of piracy in the early eighteenth century. support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.histo...

Amanda Harvey Purse follows the family tree of one of Britain's most recognisable queens from the Middle Ages to the modern royal family.    support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minute...

Josh Provan makes a case for why we shouldn't forget about Spain's role in this crucial juncture of American history.  support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see...