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Chasing Jessop

Simon Wilde

This book, authored by cricket correspondent Simon Wilde, was mentioned in the context of the enduring Ashes contest and its history.

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With thanks to Simon Wilde, cricket correspondent at the Sunday Times and author of "Chasing Jessop: The Mystery of England Cricket's Oldest Record"

Home before morning

Christopher Van Devanter, Lynn; Morgan

The speaker mentions interviewing many people in Vietnam and America who had strong opinions about the war and the death of Diem, believing the Americans were responsible for it and that it negatively impacted the war effort. The book was used as a source of information for the speaker's understanding of the Vietnam War.

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I met many people when I was researching my book on Vietnam in Vietnam and in America in exile, who said whatever we thought of Diem and even though we knew he was corrupt, he was Vietnamese.

The Earth Is All That Lasts

Mark Lee Gardner

Mark Gardner, historian and author of 'The Earth is all that Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation', discussed Sitting Bull's life in the 1830s, describing it as an idyllic existence for the Lakota people, with access to trade goods and a rich buffalo-hunting lifestyle.

The Private Lives of the Tudors

Tracy Borman

The podcast mentioned Tracy Borman, a historian and author, and her book, "The Private Lives of the Tudors", which was referenced in relation to the historical context surrounding Mary Queen of Scots.

Red Fortress

Catherine Merridale

It was described as having a lovely aesthetic beauty and was used for research by the author, who found it hard to believe she was in the middle of Moscow while inside due to the contrast in atmosphere.

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Those limestone buildings, the Italian buildings are so lovely and the light is very beautiful.

Killer in the Kremlin

John Sweeney

The author was inside the Kremlin walls for a meeting with Putin's PR man about the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning and noted how it felt like the centre of Russian power, and one might not be able to leave again.

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You know I've been inside the Kremlin, I've been inside those great big red walls to actually have a one-to-one with Putin's PR man about the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.

Empires of the Normans

Levi Roach

It was mentioned that Professor Levi Roach is the author of this book. The book's title was used to support the podcast's discussion of the Normans and their influence across Europe.

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Professor Levi Roach is the author of Empires of the Normans.

Arctic Spectacles

Russell Alan Potter

The author, a professor of English, discussed the early maps of the Arctic and how they depicted the area as more symmetrical than it actually was, impacting early explorers' understanding of the region.

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If you look at the Mercator maps and some of the other maps of that era, the maps of the pole usually show like a pizza that's neatly divided into four pieces with open water of some kind between those.

The Fall of Rome

Bryan Ward-Perkins

It was mentioned as a book written by Bryan Ward-Perkins, an Emeritus Professor of Late Antique History at the University of Oxford, related to the fall of Rome and the end of the Roman Empire.

The Games

David Goldblatt

It was mentioned as a global history of the Olympics, and the author was thanked for his insights into the history and evolution of the Olympic Games.

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David Goldblatt is a sports writer and broadcaster and the author of The Games A Global History Of The Olympics.

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad was mentioned in relation to funeral games described by Homer, which included running, throwing, jumping, wrestling, and chariot and horse racing, potentially similar to the earliest Olympic Games.

The Odyssey

Homer

The Odyssey was mentioned alongside The Iliad as works by Homer, with the latter describing funeral games that may have inspired the Ancient Olympics.