The 15 Minute Book Club

Mark Urban joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the history of the parachute regiment in WW2. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https:...

Emma Wells returns to discuss her latest book, which looks at some of the finest medieval cathedrals and the history behind them.  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscr...

Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP joins us to talk about his new book, which revises the narrative surrounding the career of two-time Prime Minister Harold Wilson.  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see...

Nathan Amin joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at Henry VII and the Tudor pretenders. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https://www.patreon...

Josh Zimmerman continues where he left off at the end of part two, discussing the story of the father of modern Poland, Józef Piłsudski. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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...

In a tale of Game of Thrones meets Braveheart, John Sadler joins us to discuss hundreds of years of conflict the Anglo-Scottish border that makes the Wild West look tame.    Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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...

John Willis joins us to talk all about his new book, which documents a largely forgotten and poignant aspect of the Second World War.    Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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...

Mary Hollingsworth rejoins us for another cracking take on Renaissance Italy  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub W...

In this slice of local history, Joanne Mungovin tells a tale of the last man to be publicly executed in Leicester and what he did to earn that grim distinction. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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...

Peter Green joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the experiences of those captured at Arnhem in their own words.  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subs...

Charly and Locky are joined by author and podcasted Adam Nightingale to discuss the ultimate cavalier general, pirate, and polymath. 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...

Patrick Eriksson joins us to talk about the final instalment of his trilogy of books on the experiences of German fighter pilots in WW2 - we specifically discuss the Mediterranean theatre in this one   Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/   Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see...

Tony Burton joins us to discuss a remarkable duo and to talk about some of their biggest projects.  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 Boo...

Jonathan Oates joins us to discuss his new book, which looks at some of London's most prolific murderers.  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https://www.pa...

Bestselling author Ben Macintyre joins us to discuss his new book, which charts the exploits of serial escapees trying to bust out of Colditz Castle. Jonathan Oates joins us to discuss his new book, which looks at some of London's most prolific murderers.    Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/   Patreon members...

Locky, Charly, and Chris are joined by Dr Benjamin Redding, who tells us all about his work on the recently discovered wreck of the Gloucester. Could it be the 17th century Mary Rose?    Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/   Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scen...

Andrew Dorman joins us to talk about a female powerhouse of a ruler in Central Europe. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15Minut...

Josh Zimmerman continues where he left off, discussing the story of the father of modern Poland, Józef Piłsudski. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 subscribe here: https:/...

How did the US go from being committed to strategic precision bombing to the indiscriminate firebombing of Tokyo? James Scott explains   Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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...

Simon Forder explains why the Romans never managed to bring Scotland permanently into the Imperial fold, and why Tacitus might have been fibbing about the Battle of Mons Graupius Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/   Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and f...

Chris has been in charge of scheduling for a month, and it shows. Join the regulars as they debate history's greatest ever German.  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 Bu...

Some podcest for you today, as History Rage co-host Paul Bavill joins us to talk all about the heyday of bodysnatching in pre-Victorian Britain.      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/@15...

Lieutenant General (ret) Simon Mayall joins us to share his very personal story of the history of the Middle East, including the Gulf War and responses to 9/11. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 bo...

Leo Marriott joins us for a breakdown of naval battles in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Second World War. Thankfully, Chris left the Mancini at home...  Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 th...

Anne Fletcher tells all about a reserved Yorkshire man, who broke the bank of Monte Carlo. Its like Ocean's 11, but with Sean Bean!   Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/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 sub...