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.
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Catherine Nixey: The Darkening Age (415)
Dr Sophie Ratcliffe: Anna Karenina (1876)
Prof. Giles Gasper: Robert Grosseteste (1215)
Sarah Wise: London’s Blackest Streets (1889)
Ariana Neumann: When Time Stopped (1944)
Dr Annie Gray: Winston Churchill’s Cook (1940)
Francesca Wade: Square Haunting (1917)
Charles Emmerson: Lenin and Hitler (1920)
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Sara Cockerill: Eleanor of Aquitaine (1199)
William Dalrymple: East India Company (1764)
Violet Moller: Map of Knowledge (529)
Simon Heffer: Total War (1916)
Dr Thomas Waters: Cursed Britain (1862)
Thomas Penn: Richard III (1483)
Dr Patricia Fara: Women at War (1918)
Thomas Harding: Blackshirts (1934)
Dan Jones: Crusaders (1147)
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