This week we are sweeping through Sicily and Southern Italy in the company of the original revolutionary hero, Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi.
In the mid nineteenth century, change was in the air as new political movements began questioning the status quo. Powerful ideas like socialism, republicanism, liberalism and nationalism were spreading through Europe, harnessed by charismatic leaders determined to bring about dramatic social change. None were more charismatic than Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Our guide on this epoch-making trip is Jamie Mackay, a writer who is based in the beautiful town of Fiesole just north of Florence. This episode relates to his book The Invention of Sicily which tells the story of this fascinating island, fought over and coveted by almost every civilisation in history, a romantic melting pot where cruelty and disaster were never far away.
As ever, maps, images and much more about this episode is to be found at our website tttpodcast.com.
Click here to order Jamie MacKay's book from John Sandoe’s who, we are delighted to say, are supplying books for the podcast.
James McAuley: The House of Fragile Things (1942)
Simon Scarrow: Blackout Berlin (1939)
Shrabani Basu: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Crusade (1907)
Margarette Lincoln: The Glorious Revolution (1688)
Mary Hollingsworth: Charles V in Italy (1530)
Philip Stephens: Britain Alone (1962)
Juliet Nicolson: Frostquake (1963)
Prof. Carol Dyhouse: Love, Love, Love (1966)
Prof. John Heilbron: Galileo's Ghost (1643)
Kate Mosse: The City of Tears (1572)
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Pen Vogler: A Christmas Feast
Charles Spencer: The White Ship (1120)
Ian Mortimer: Regency Britain (1825)
Joseph Hone: Paper Chase (1711)
Judith Herrin: The Road to Ravenna (500)
Damien Lewis: Behind Enemy Lines (1944)
Giles Tremlett: The Spanish Civil War (1936)
Chris Bryant: The Glamour Boys (1939)
Paul Cartledge: The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE)
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