Unknown History with Giles Milton

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2023-08-21

  An Excerpt From You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live

Purchase You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live at Amazon, Audible, Bookshop.org, or your favorite bookstore.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirty... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-10-25

  An Excerpt from The Women of Rothschild

In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and power.Purchase The Women of Rothschild at Amazon, Audible, Bookshop.org, or your favorite books... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-10-18

  A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Government Means to Kill Me. They discuss the inspiration for the novel, activism, and the political and social reckoning of a young, black, gay man in 1980s New York Cit... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-09-06

  An Excerpt from American Demon

On September 5th, 1934, a young beachcomber made a gruesome discovery on the shores of Cleveland’s Lake Erie: the lower half of a female torso, neatly severed at the waist. The victim, dubbed “The Lady of the Lake,” was only the first of a butcher’s do... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-06-23

  How has Britain become butler to the world?

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the nadir of Britain's twentieth century, the moment when the once-superpower was bullied into retreat. "Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role," said Dean Acherson, a former US secretary of state. Acheson... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-06-16

  The untold story of Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms

Scorpions' Dance by intelligence expert and investigative journalist Jefferson Morley reveals the Watergate scandal in a completely new light: as the culmination of a concealed, deadly power struggle between President Richard Nixon and CIA Director Ric... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-06-09

  The Iconic Speeches We Never Heard

For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events.In Undelivered, political... 		  Macmillan Holdings, LLC author
2022-04-12

  Is the mafia really that violent?

This week on Unknown History, we're introducing Curious State, a brand new podcast from Quick and Dirty Tips.Could we have domesticated a T-Rex? Is the mafia really that violent? Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? Unexpected gems of kn... 		  doug fraser author
2021-12-16

  Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at Macmillan Audio. You c... 		  QuickAndDirtyTips.com author
2021-12-16

  Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at Macmillan Audio. You c...