History Book Club

On the On 27 May 1942 Czech SOE agents and local resistance fighters attacked Reinhard Heyrdrich's Mercedes as it drove through Prague. Heydrich, number 2 in the SS, died in agony a few days later. This month's delayed Film Club is Anthropoid, the movie depicting the operation starring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan, directed by Sean Ellis.

Joining is Roger Moorhouse, author of The Forgers, and film maker Tim Hewitt.

Links

Anthropoid on IMDB

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Hitler and his cronies are often derided as monsters, but that lets them off the hook. Today Richard Evans joins to look at the leading figures of Nazi Germany for who they were as human beings. We also discuss the trial Evans was a key witness for, when holocaust denier Davig Irving attempted to sue Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Random House for libel, later dramatised in the movie, Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and John Sessions.

Richard Evans Links

Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich

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Sensitivity readers; fake history; favourite authors and actors, all are discussed in this bonus episode to coincide with the upcoming Buckingham History Festival.

Jane Thynne, Paul Lay and Miranda Malins join to talk how best to write about the past.

Episode Links

Buckingham History Festival

Jane Thynne: Midnight in Vienna

Paul Lay: Providence Lost

Miranda Malins: The Rebel Daughter

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80 years ago on the 25th August 1944, the great city of Paris was liberated as the German garrison surrendered and Allied troops arrived along the Champs Elysée. The Nazi grip on France may have been broken, but things were not all as they seem. The allied leadership was reluctant to divert precious resources, and the soldiers who arrived first were mostly Spanish. Patrick Bishop joins to discuss his new book and we discuss the initial surrender in 1940, the occupation, the impact on France today as well as the liberation. Patrick has lived in Paris for many years as Bureau Chief for The Telegraph and so brings a knowledge of contemporary events too.

Patrick Bishop Links

Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory

Josephine Baker: Paris Paris Paris

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On the 1st September 1922 the Turkish Parliament in the new capital of Ankara formally abolished the Sultanate, so ending more than 600 years of Ottoman Rule. The Ottoman Empire had ended, but in its place came the Republic of Turkey, under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pasha also known as Ataturk. Today we discuss the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Turkey with historian Murat Siviloglu and journalist and author Alec Marsh.

Alec’s new book, After the Flood, is a thriller set in the new state of Turkey in the 1930s and Murat is a historian of the period.

Alec Marsh Links

After the Flood

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On the 9th February 1933 the Oxford Union held a debate with the motion “That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country." The motion passed and in a time when such debates were big news, the result sent shockwaves through Europe. This was during the rise of the Nazis, the Soviet grip on Russia and throughout the decade there was an increase in the number of spies, and traitors, in England.

Joining me is Alex Gerlis, author of Every Spy a Traitor as we delve into the atmosphere of the 1930s.

Alex Gerlis Links

Every Spy a Traitor

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Armand D'Angour joins to discuss his new pod, but then we go into a really interesting conversation about Socrates and whether he really is the origin of Western Thought? Is there in fact a woman we should be talking about, the beguiling Aspasia.

Armand D'Angour Links

It's All Greek (& Latin) to Me on Spotify

It's All Greek (& Latin) to Me on Apple

Socrates in Love

Ancient Greek Music on YouTube

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The French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon, the Industrial Revolution and the collapse of Poland, all these major events were witnessed by Izabela Czartoryska, a Polish aristocrat who was self-taught and is the subject of Adam Zamoyski's latest book. This episode is a sweeping discussion covering many facets of Europe in the 18th century.

Adam Zamoyski is the author of 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow and Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth.

Adam Zamoyski Links

Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess

Izabela Czartoryska - Aspects of History

Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth

1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow

Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

YouTube Debate with Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Roberts on Napoleon

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This week three writers join to talk summer reading recommendations from the world of history and historical fiction.

Books

Paris '44, Patrick Bishop

The King's Mother, Annie Garthwaite

Izabela the Valiant, Adam Zamoyski

Endgame 1944, Jonathan Dimbleby

Sky Warriors, Saul David

The Muse of History, Oswyn Murray

Bonjour, Sophie, Elizabeth Buchan

Iran, Ali Ansari

Spy Masters, Various

The CIA, Hugh Wilford

The Eastern Front, Nick Lloyd

The Sleeping Beauties, Lucy Ashe

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Antonia Senior - Historical Fiction Reviewer The Times

Roger Moorhouse - Historian

Richard Foreman - Author and Publisher

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When war in Europe ended on the 8th May 1945, much of continent was in ruins. Cities were destroyed and civilians were at the mercy of occupying powers, partisans, bandits and criminals. There were no police forces, no judicial system and food was scarce. Keith Lowe joins to discuss the chaos from France to Poland and Greece to Germany.

Keith Lowe Links

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

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