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Seduction and Uprisings
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Oct 1, 2020
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Description
From Ovid to the "Black Spartacus". Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the TLS's classics editor Mary Beard to pick apart the story of "seduction", ancient and modern, the poet Fiona Benson reads her latest work, and the TLS's history editor David Horspool explores two accounts of America's domestic slave trade and a new biography of Toussaint Louverture.Strange Antics: A history of seduction by Clement KnoxWilliams’ Gang: A notorious slave trader and his cargo of Black convicts by Jeff Forret Sweet Taste of Liberty: A true story of slavery and restitution in America by W. Caleb McDanielBlack Spartacus: The epic life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh
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Oct 1, 2020
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Titles in the series (100)
Cavafy: The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings. Alan Jenkins reads a selection of poems from Constantine P. Cavafy. Find out more: http://www.the-tls.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. by The TLS Podcast