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The Octavian 2021 Book List

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Our picks for the books you need to read in 2022, featuring Fareed Zakaria, Dara Horn, BHL, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others.

November 26, 2021
  Andrew Roberts on Churchill vs. the Spanish Flu

Resilience

An Interview with Andrew Roberts

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The best-selling historian shows us that real leadership, like Churchill's, does matter in times of crisis.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  James Shapiro on Shakespeare's Plague Years

A Pox on All Our Houses

An Interview with James Shapiro

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The leading Shakespeare scholar examines the playwright's difficult and dark relationship with the plague that devastated his nation.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  Tom Holland on the Plague at Athens

Feverish City

An Interview with Tom Holland

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The best-selling historian take a look at a pandemic that changed the course of ancient history.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  John Barry on the Spanish Flu

The Pale Horse

An Interview with John Barry

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The award-winning historian explains why the Spanish Flu did so much damage and what we can learn from it as we move through the COVID crisis.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  Mark Braude on Napoleon's Quarantine on Elba

The Emperor's New Digs

An Interview with Mark Braude

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The man who reshaped Europe spent a long time in isolation, with results that no-one predicted.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
The Meaning of the Menorah

Light in the Darkness

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The religious symbol with the longest history of use has meant many things to many different groups, Jewish and otherwise.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Where Does Quarantine Come From?

Where Does Quarantine Come From?

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The new episode of our podcast features John Henderson on the history of quarantine and why Florence's response to plague in 1630 will seem eerily familiar.

July 13, 2020