The 15 Minute Book Club

Kate Mosse joins us to talk about her new novel on pirates called "Ghost Ship" 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 Bookshop.org shop. Suppo...

Roger Moorhouse joins us to talk about his new book that looks at the forgotten aspects of the Holocaust, a daring operation taken on by Polish diplomats, also known as the "Ładoś List" 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...

Charly is joined by Dominic Pearce to discuss James Graham, First Marquess of Montrose, the King's Only Champion in Scotland during the 'English' Civil War.  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.yo...

Ferdinand Mount joins us to talk about his new book "Big Caesars and Little Caesars", all about the Big Caesars who set out to achieve total social control and Little Caesars who merely want to run an agreeable kleptocracy without opposition: from Julius Caesar and Oliver Cromwell through Napoleon and Bolivar, to Mussolini, Salazar, De Gaulle and Trump.  Patreon members get extra time: 15 mor...

Jane Johnson joins us to talk about her new novel "The Black Crescent" which tells the story of how Morocco fought for its independence in the 1950's, seen through the eyes of my young Berber policeman, Hamou Badi. 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/15Mi...

Grant Harward joins us to talk about his book on Romania during the Second World War, what was the role of the Romanian army and why did they join the axis? 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....

Charly is joined by acclaimed author Elizabeth Fremantle to discuss her latest novel 'Disobedient' and the artist Artemisia Gentileschi whose story it tells. How did this painter become a feminist icon, and how did this 17th century woman become a painter? 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 subsc...

Francis Young joins us to talk about Godlings and religion in Anglo-Saxon 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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. S...

Viki Holton joins us to talk about her new book "A Woman's Will: The Changing Lives of British Women, Told Through the Things They Have Left Behind". 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...

Andrew Hesketh joins us to talk about his new book "Escape to Gwrych Castle A Jewish Refugee story" 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...

Bill Lindsay joins us to talk about William Schaw Lindsay, and his unpublished diaries, a man who spent most of his life at sea. 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 [...

Annette Kane joins us to talk about her historical fiction book "Dolly Butler's Eight Day Week" about a cross dressing detective in the Edwardian period. 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...

Sophie Cairns joins to talk about something a little different, her new book "Climbing the Seven Volcanoes: A Search for Strength." 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...

Virginia Campbell joins us to talk about Roman history, more specifically the handbook of electioneering. 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 o...

Philip Augar joins us to talk about his and Keely Winstone's new book on agent Twister, a dashing handsome MP who caused a scandal. 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...

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 Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us! UK Link:  US Link:  Visit our Boo...

David Joseph joins us to talk about his new book "Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust". An incredible story of Jewish history in Austria, something that is just not spoken about anymore. 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/1...

https://mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/events/event-01-08-23/ 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 Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie...

Hannah Wunsch joins us to talk about the Polio pandemic in the 1950's in Demark 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 Bookshop.org shop. Supp...

Nathen Amin is back! But this time we are talking about the Welsh Tudors and where they came from! 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 Book...

Louise Provan joins us to talk about Dunsterforce- a mad cap boys' own adventure across Persia during the First World War. 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...

Marisa Haetzman joins us to talk about the history of anaesthetics. 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 Bookshop.org shop. Support authors,...

Helen Czerski joins us to talk about her new book on the ocean with a mixture of science and history all in one. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:   https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was wr...

We're back from our holidays! To celebrate, we talk to Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives to talk all about his new book, which provides a manageable introduction to a famous name in his own words. 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/15Min...

Jon Trigg returns for a comprehensive view of Operation Barbarossa from Germany's perspective. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:   https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack 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...