Dan Snow Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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A podcast in which I walk the streets of London on the trail of Charles Dickens. It starts here, in the remnant of the debtors prison into which his father was thrown, and where he set Little Dorrit. Listen here for free: https://t.co/OeywtiLKdS https://t.co/FdlR4Bwuqp

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Do you though? 'A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice . . . is often the means of their regeneration.' John Stuart Mill, 1862, Liberal MP, granddaddy of classical liberalism, author of 'On Liberty', https://t.co/OzNdoeOM0G

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Reading Robert Graves' 'Goodbye to All That' and giggling at this: https://t.co/HxSYG8vRH5

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Today in 1859 the final instalment of Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' was published. It had been released in weekly episodes since April. One of the best selling books of all time. I was once lucky enough to hold a first edition. https://t.co/4dPGORFWTe

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At the end of the war nearly 2000 scientists were removed from Germany to the US. Known as Operation Paperclip because paperclips were attached to the files of rocket scientists. Pulitzer finalist Annie Jacobsen comes on the podcast to tell me about it. https://t.co/OeywtiLKdS

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Tonight in 1945 the first wave of allied bombers set about obliterating Dresden and incinerating tens of thousands of people. I was lucky enough to go with Victor Gregg, just shy of his 100th birthday. He survived the bombings while imprisoned in Dresden. https://t.co/DMAD78KSrv

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Sad news about the death of artist and author Eric Carle, of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar fame. I hope it is of consolation to his family that he fired a love of books and reading in millions of us. https://t.co/bR1XxxRjgA

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A podcast in which I walk the streets of London on the trail of Charles Dickens. It starts here, in the remnant of the debtors prison into which his father was thrown, and where he set Little Dorrit. Listen here for free: https://t.co/OeywtiLKdS https://t.co/FdlR4Bwuqp

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In battle your fate rests on those around you. Teamwork increases your chance of survival & victory. Cohesion is everything. Hard enough at the best of times. Retreat puts it under enormous stress. Fighting AND retreating?...Tempting to do a runner while others hold the line.

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Today in 1941 a falling comrade handed Lyudmila Pavlichenko his rifle. Pavlichenko then shot her first two Germans in what she called her "baptism of fire." She ended the war with 309 confirmed kills and was known as 'Lady Death'. https://t.co/zHGo8MuMJK