The 15 Minute Book Club

Napoleonic gurus William Fletcher, Marcus Cribb and Zack White come together to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the film that inspired their various careers.  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 t...

Historian and author Alan Malpass joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the experiences of German prisoners of war in Britain 1939-1948.  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 m...

Allegra Jordan joins us to talk about her research into the First World War at Harvard and how it has inspired her work in the field of reconciliation and conflict. How do you restructure your attitudes towards someone who you have regarded as your mortal enemy? Is there a way forward at the end of conflict? Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/histor...

Stars of the hit show Jason Salkey, Philip Whitchurch, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, Nicholas Rowe, Feodor Atkine and Nickolas Grace join Alex and historian Marcus Cribb to reminisce about filming Sharpe. 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.historyhackp...

Helen Antrobus joins us to talk all about women and revolt, and how they've used fashion to their advantage throughout the ages.  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...

Gregory Valdespino joins us for a fascinating chat on the intertwined history of France and Senegal.  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...

Mary Rose regular Emma Sothon joins us to talk all about her new book on murder in Ancient Rome. We promise you, no giraffes were harmed in the recording of this podcast, nor people making up weird sex stories about them. However weird they are.    Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/...

Will Iredale joins us to talk all about is smash hit book. What were the Royal Navy up to in the Pacific in the final months of the war?  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 wh...

Zack White joins us to talk all about crime and punishment in the British Army during the Peninsula War. 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 a...

Tyler Wentzell joins us to talk all about the Canadian contingent who fought in the Spanish Civil War. 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...

Nick Ramos returns for part two of his high-octane journey through the history of Cuba. This time it's the Twentieth Century, which of course centres on Fidel Castro and the 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 mem...

Tim Reynolds joins us to talk all about the origin of modern man and how we differed from other sub-species, such as Neanderthals.  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 yo...

Paul Woodadge returns to talk to us all about his magnificent book: Angels of Mercy. Find out what happened when two boy medics ended up in one church on D-Day.  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...

Helen Newsome joins us to talk all about Margaret Tudor, who needs to be remembered for far more than being one of Henry VIII's sisters. 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 yo...

Jonathan Jones joins us to discuss a sad consequence of the American civil war with a talk on opiate addiction amongst veterans and its consequences. 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...

To celebrate the release of two new books, history heavyweight Simon Sebag Montefiore joins us to talk about the greatest speeches and the greatest letters of all time. 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 ti...

Carla Ionescu joins us to fly the flag for the goddess Artemis, and to tell us why she deserves far more credit than she currently receives. 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 whic...

Join us as we talk to Andy Chatterton to find out what would have happened if the Nazi's had been successful in invading Britain. Just what preparations had been made to boot them back off our fair isle? Who were our unsung heroes? The answer is as eccentrically British and silly as you'd hope.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Bu...

Is military intelligence an oxymoron?! Ben Hodges joins us to explain why this isn't funny, cuts down some silly assumptions and explains how intelligence progressed in the inter-war period.  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/...

Katharine Fellowes joins us to reveal all about one of the Renaissance's most eminent families. How did they get to power, how did they stay there? And should we believe everything we see on television? 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...

Matt Breen, host of The Explorers Podcast, joins us to talk us through his top five explorers in 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 behind the s...

Liz Gloyn joins us to talk to us all about monsters of the classical world and how they are represented in popular culture today.  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...

Just how did it get to the point where the Nazi's tried to enact the Final Solution? Holocaust historian Nicholas Terry joins us to talk all about 1941 and why it was a crucial point in a horrific tale. 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...

Owen Griffiths rejoins us with another quick tales from the annals of Welsh folklore. Every wondered why Wales loved the dragon enough to put it on their flag? Tune in to find out.  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 me...

Historyland's Josh Provan returns to talk all about the forward-thinking, modern former monarchy of Hawaii.  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...