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From Battleground to Billiard Table
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2022
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This week, we learn about the final years of the Napoleonic era, poke around the exclusive gentlemen’s watering holes of Pall Mall, and discover how Roy Orbison ended up meeting his wife in Batley Variety Club.’Napoleon: The decline and fall of an Empire, 1811-1821’ by Michael Broers’Napoleon at Peace: How to end a revolution’ by William Doyle‘Behind Close Doors: The secret life of London’s private members’ clubs’ by Seth Alexander Thévoz‘Clubland: How the working men's club shaped Britain’ by Pete Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Oct 27, 2022
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Titles in the series (100)
Summer Books - Mary Beard on Augustus by John Williams: The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings. Mary Beard tells us why she's looking forward to Augustus by John Williams and reads an extract from the book. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk See acast.com/privac... by The TLS Podcast