Mike Duncan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Mike Duncan is an author and podcaster. History podcaster/author. The History of Rome + Revolutions. “Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution" out now!

Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale
Nathan Hale
@BrCo1981 No video sorry but the Nathan Hale Lafayette graphic novel is excellent. https://t.co/qZZ4Z9RpIW
Hardcover, 2018
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The French Revolution: From Its Origins to 1793
Georges Lefebvre
One of my favorite accounts of the French Revolution is by Georges Lefebvre and he starts with like 200 pages of international context before he even mentions domestic affairs in France. https://t.co/8PON1R4CLB
Paperback, 2001
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1848: Year of Revolution
Mike Rapport
@zackbeauchamp I don't think it rises to "canonical," but Mike Rapport's 1848 book is a solid and readable survey that covers just about everything.
Paperback, 2010
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game
John Thorn
My daughter (6) often requests I read her my most boring books to help her fall asleep. This usually means "whatever book dad is reading," but tonight she specifically nix'd more of Baseball In The Garden of Eden by @thorn_john. Said it was too interesting and kept her awake 😍
Paperback, 2012
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Mike Duncan
[Obligatory Plug Voice]: You can read all about the Bastille key...and so much more!...in Mike Duncan's riveting biography Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Paperback coming Sept 6, 2022! https://t.co/PW8xP3FaPp
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sulla: The Last Republican
Arthur Keaveney
@WillDB75 @L_OraTora @romanhistory1 @holland_tom @HardcoreHistory Try "Sulla: The Last Republican" by Arthur Keaveney. You can read free at https://t.co/dv9uwDMSFK: https://t.co/UvGmscXtJ8
Paperback, 2005
$52.99$27.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
Laurent DuBois
@lizroscher "Avengers of the New World" by Laurent Dubois is the best contemporary survey imo. But "Black Jacobins" by CLR James is the ur-text.
Paperback, 2005
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book