History between the Lines

History between the Lines

By Jonathan BrownHistory
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History between the Lines episodes

  • Jack the Ripper Part 1

    Jonathan Brown and Professor Mark Connelly talk about Whitechapel in 1888 and the Jack the Ripper murders that happened there.

    Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

    35 min
  • The Luger

    Jonathan Brown and Alex Pitts talk about the German Luger pistol, one of the most overrated hand guns history has ever produced.

    Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

    14 min
  • Corunna, 1809: The First Dunkirk

    Jonathan Brown talks about the battle that took place at Corunna in Spain in 1809 when the British Army was driven to the sea by the enemy and was forced to await evacuation by the Royal Navy whilst fighting a desperate rear guard action to hold the enemy at bay, over 100 years before the similar events at Dunkirk in May-June 1940.

    Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses", by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

    19 min

About History between the Lines

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Jonathan Brown and a range of guests talk about all things history, especially those bits of the past which are obscure and generally unknown.