Dan Snow's History Hit
Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world. New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every
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- 1 Fighter Heroes of World War OneJoshua Levine · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Sagittarius RisingCecil Lewis · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Winged VictoryCecil Lewis · 1× across 1 episode
The KGB Double Agent Who Stopped Armageddon with Ben McIntyre
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained
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Domesday Book
William the Conqueror (Commissioned by)
it doesn't appear in that great royal survey of england the doomsday book compiled about a generation later ▶ tap to play from here
The Battle of New York Explained
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The Rise & Fall of Babylon
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Babylon: The Mother of All Cities
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
he's author of babylon the mother of all cities and he's gonna help me strip away centuries of myth ▶ tap to play from here
King James Bible
Unknown
it's the equivalent of kind of like you know saint uh king james bible language for for even for the babylonians of hammurabi's time ▶ tap to play from here
Deuteronomy
Traditional (Moses / Biblical Authors)
in the hebrew bible in the old testament in uh leviticus numbers deuteronomy as well ▶ tap to play from here
Epic of Gilgamesh
Unknown
their greatest piece of literature is the epic of gilgamesh ▶ tap to play from here
Babylonian Talmud
Various Jewish Rabbis
in the mid middle ages there was the writing of the babylonian talmud ▶ tap to play from here
Book of Revelation
John of Patmos
in the last book of the of the of the new testament the book of revelation which most people think they know ▶ tap to play from here
Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones
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The Brutal History of The First Warplanes
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Winged Victory
Cecil Lewis
i recommend everybody read a novel called winged victory unbelievable book isn't it ▶ tap to play from here
Fighter Heroes of World War One
Joshua Levine
everyone goes and reads your book on this subject which is which is fighter heroes of world war one ▶ tap to play from here
Sagittarius Rising
Cecil Lewis
and also check out wing victory because that's the first time and sagittarius rising ▶ tap to play from here
Medieval Krakow
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Was Henry VIII England's Most Evil King?
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Regina, A New History of Women and Power
Kate Williams
whose most recent book is regina a new history of women and power ▶ tap to play from here
Holinshed's Chronicles
Raphael Holinshed
i mean you know it says in hollinshed chronicles that he executes seventy two thousand ▶ tap to play from here
The Making of Osama bin Laden
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The Revolutionists, the Story of the Extremists who hijacked the 1970s
Jason Burke
he's also the author of the revolutionists the story of the extremists who hijacked the 1970s which is a fascinating study into the evolution of extremism as we are familiar with it today ▶ tap to play from here
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Simon Schama
i just read on holiday simon shamers' brilliant book citizens about all these eighteenth century radicals lots of whom were as aristocrats ▶ tap to play from here
Marco Polo and The Court of the Great Kublai Khan
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Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
Lawrence Bergreen
he wrote the definitive biography of marco polo and he does reject the idea that the story is a myth ▶ tap to play from here
Il Milione
Marco Polo
it was published under the italian name il milione the million ▶ tap to play from here
The Naval Revolution: Triumph and Disaster
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The Fall of the Ancient Maya
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The Rise of the Maya
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Was Caesar's invasion of Britain a disaster?
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TL
The Ladybird Book of Julius Caesar and Roman Britain
Unknown
you can make the case this certainly isn't the way it's portrayed in the ladybird book of julius caesar and roman britain ▶ tap to play from here
The Blitz Beyond London
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Blitz: When World War Two Came Home
John Nickel
and he's written his latest book blitz when world war two came home ▶ tap to play from here
Baedeker's Great Britain
Karl Baedeker (publisher)
so there's a book bidecker's great britain the handbook for travellers ▶ tap to play from here
A Short History of The Airport
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Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
Alistair Gordon
he's author of naked airport a cultural history of the world's most revolutionary structure ▶ tap to play from here
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
writer who wrote the little prince and but it was also a very famous french pilot ▶ tap to play from here
The Mycenaean World
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Odyssey
Homer
and it's in that period that we believe the odyssey takes place ▶ tap to play from here
Love, Diplomacy and War
Eric Klein
his new book love diplomacy and war explores this remarkable period of history through one of its most extraordinary surviving sources ▶ tap to play from here
Iliad
Homer
right and this is the world that gives us we think the aliad and the honesty ▶ tap to play from here
Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and What They Told Us About the Bronze Age World
Eric Cline
it's called love war and diplomac the discovery of the amarna letters and what they told us about the bronze age world something lad ▶ tap to play from here
BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey
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The Odyssey
Homer
the odyssey the ultimate journey a story thousands of years old about a hero odysseus ▶ tap to play from here
The Real St George and the Dragon
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Slay
Jasmine Elmer
she's just written a brand new book called slay that tells the stories of lesser known dragon slayers ▶ tap to play from here
Golden Legend
Jacobus de Voragine
he appears in jacobus of aragen's golden legend which is this book ▶ tap to play from here
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
first kind of described really by joseph campbell in his here over thousand faces ▶ tap to play from here
The First Fossil Hunters
Adrian Mayer
there's a great book written um called the first fossil hunters by adrian mayer where she describes this in a lot of detail ▶ tap to play from here
The Real History Behind The Odyssey
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Odyssey
Homer
i just tell you my own version of the odyssey all the stuff you need to know just the story the raw story which will inform this episode and our discussion ▶ tap to play from here
Iliad
Homer
the odyssey is the second of the great homeric works the first being the iliad ▶ tap to play from here
Circe
Madeline Miller
you've got madeline miller's circe you've got margaret atwood's the penelope ▶ tap to play from here
Mythica
Emily Kearns
i really recommend emily haus's mythica she explores the history of the women in the odyssey ▶ tap to play from here
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