Ancient Rome: Political History to AD 68, In Our Time episodes

Ancient Rome: Political History to AD 68 (to the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty), In Our Time episodes, BBC Radio 4.

Ancient Rome, In Our Time archive, BBC Radio 4.

List of In Our Time programmes, Wikipedia.

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Melvyn Bragg, Mary Beard, Catherine Edwards, Greg Woolf, "Rome and European Civilization," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 20 December 2001.

• Mary Beard (b. 1955), Wikipedia.
• Professor Mary Beard, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.
• Mary Beard. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. New York: Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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• Catherine Edwards (b. 1963), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Edwards, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• Greg Woolf (b. 1961), Wikipedia.
• Greg Woolf, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Greg Woolf, editor. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Greg Woolf. Rome: An Empire's Story, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
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• Greg Woolf. Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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• Greg Woolf. The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
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• Founding of Rome.
• Ancient Rome, 753 BC – AD 476.
• Legacy of the Roman Empire.
• History of Western civilization before AD 500.
• History of Western civilization.
• Western culture.

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Political History:

• History of Rome.
• Ancient Rome, 753 BC – AD 476.
• Roman Kingdom, 753 BC – 509 BC.
• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.
• Roman Empire, 27 BC – AD 476.
• Principate, 27 BC – AD 284.
• Dominate, AD 284 – 641.

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Melvyn Bragg, Mary Beard, Peter Wiseman, Tim Cornell, "Romulus and Remus," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 24 January 2013.

• Mary Beard (b. 1955), Wikipedia.
• Professor Mary Beard, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.
• Mary Beard. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. New York: Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• T. P. Wiseman (b. 1940), Wikipedia.
• T. P. Wiseman. Remus: A Roman Myth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• T. P. Wiseman. The Myths of Rome. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2008.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Tim Cornell (b. 1946), Wikipedia.
• T. J. Cornell. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000 – 264 BC). Abingdon: Routledge, 1995.
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• Founding of Rome.
• Romulus and Remus.
• The Rape of the Sabine Women.
• Roman Kingdom, 753 BC – 509 BC.

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Melvyn Bragg, Greg Woolf, Catherine Steel, Tom Holland, "The Roman Republic," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 30 December 2004.

• Greg Woolf (b. 1961), Wikipedia.
• Greg Woolf, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Greg Woolf, editor. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Catherine Steel (b. 1973), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Steel. The End of the Roman Republic, 146-44 B.C.: Conquest and Crisis. The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Tom Holland (b. 1968), Wikipedia.
• Tom Holland. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic. 2003. New York: Anchor, 2005.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.]
• Polybius. The Histories. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.]
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• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.

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Melvyn Bragg, Mary Beard, Jo Quinn, Ellen O’Gorman, "Carthage's Destruction," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 12 February 2009.

• Mary Beard (b. 1955), Wikipedia.
• Professor Mary Beard, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.
• Mary Beard. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. New York: Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Josephine Crawley Quinn, Wikipedia.
• Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford.
• Josephine Quinn. In Search of the Phoenicians. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018.
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• Dr Ellen C O'Gorman, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol.
• Polybius. The Histories. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.]
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• Ancient Carthage, c. 814 BC – 146 BC.
• Dido, legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage.
• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.
• Punic Wars, 264 BC – 146 BC.
• Hannibal (247 – between 183 and 181 BC).
• Cato the Elder (234 – 149 BC).
• Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War), c. 149 – spring 146 BC.
• Scipio Aemilianus (185 – 129 BC).

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Melvyn Bragg, Ellen O'Gorman, Mark Woolmer, Louis Rawlings, "Hannibal," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 October 2012.

• Dr Ellen C O'Gorman, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol.
• Mark Woolmer, LinkedIn.
• Mark Woolmer. A Short History of the Phoenicians, Revised Edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Dr Louis Rawlings, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University.
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• Ancient Carthage, c. 814 – 146 BC.
• Punic Wars, 264 – 146 BC.
• First Punic War, 264 – 241 BC.
• Hamilcar Barca (c. 275 – 228 BC), father of Hannibal.
• Second Punic War, 218 to 201 BC.
• Hannibal (247 – between 183 and 181 BC).
• Battle of Cannae, 2 August 216 BC.

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Melvyn Bragg, Christopher Pelling, Catherine Steel, Maria Wyke, "Julius Caesar," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 02 October 2014.

• Christopher Pelling (b. 1947), Wikipedia.
• Christopher Pelling. Plutarch and History: Eighteen Studies. London: Classical Press of Wales, 2002.
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• Christopher Pelling and Maria Wyke. Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome: Ancient Ideas for Modern Times. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
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• Catherine Steel (b. 1973), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Steel. The End of the Roman Republic, 146-44 B.C.: Conquest and Crisis. The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
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• Maria Wyke (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin, University College London.
• Maria Wyke. Caesar: A Life in Western Culture. London: Granta Books, 2007.
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• Maria Wyke, editor. Julius Caesar in Western Culture. Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing / Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.
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• Maria Wyke. Caesar in the USA. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 2012.
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• Greg Woolf. Et Tu, Brute?: A Short History of Political Murder. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
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• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.
• Roman Republic: Triumvirates and end of the Republic.
• Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC).
• Caesar's civil war, 49 – 45 BC.
• Assassination of Julius Caesar, March 44 BC.
• Julius Caesar. The Gallic War. Translated by Carolyn Hammond. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Julius Caesar. The Civil War. Translated by John Carter. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599.

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Melvyn Bragg, Catharine Edwards, Maria Wyke, Susan Walker, "Cleopatra," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 2 December 2010.

• Catherine Edwards (b. 1963), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Edwards, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• Catharine Edwards. The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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• Catharine Edwards. Death in Ancient Rome. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Maria Wyke (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin, University College London.
• Susan Walker, Wikipedia.
• Susan Walker and Sally-Ann Ashton. Cleopatra. London: Bristol Classical Press / Bloomsbury, 2006.
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• Duane W. Roller. Cleopatra: A Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
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• Hellenistic period, 323 BC – 31 BC.
• Ptolemaic Kingdom, 305 BC – 30 BC.
• Roman Egypt, 30 BC – AD 641.
• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.
• Roman Republic: Triumvirates and end of the Republic.
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• Cleopatra (69 BC – 30 BC), Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC.
• Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC).
• Mark Antony (83 BC – 30 BC).
• War of Actium, 32 – 30 BC.
• Battle of Actium, 31 BC.
• Death of Cleopatra, August 30 BC.
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• William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599.
• William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1607.

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Melvyn Bragg, Catharine Edwards, Duncan Kennedy, Mary Beard, "The Augustan Age," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 June 2009.

• Catherine Edwards (b. 1963), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Edwards, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• Professor Duncan F Kennedy, Emeritus Professor, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Bristol.
• Mary Beard (b. 1955), Wikipedia.
• Professor Mary Beard, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.
• Mary Beard. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. New York: Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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• Roman Republic, 509 BC – 27 BC.
• Roman Republic: Triumvirates and end of the Republic.
• Roman Empire, 27 BC – AD 476.
• Principate, 27 BC – AD 284.
• Octavius / Augustus (63 BC – AD 14), Emperor of Rome 27 BC to AD 14.
• Julio-Claudian dynasty, 27 BC to AD 68.
• Claudia (b. 57/56 BC), first wife of Octavian, daughter of the wealthy and politically powerful Fulvia.
• Scribonia (c. 70 BC – c. AD 16), second wife of Octavian/Augustus 40 BC to 39 BC, mother of Augustus' only biological child Julia the Elder.
• Livia (59 BC – AD 29), third wife of Augustus 38 BC to AD 14, mother (with her prior husband Tiberius Claudius Nero) of Tiberius (42 BC – AD 37) who would succeed Augustus as Emperor AD 14 to 37.
• Julia the Elder (39 BC – AD 14), daughter of Augustus and Scribonia, wife of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, mother of five children with Agrippa including Julia the Younger and Agrippina the Elder.
• Julia the Younger (19 BC – AD 29), daughter of Julia the Elder and Agrippa.
• Agrippina the Elder (14 BC – AD 33), daughter of Julia the Elder and Agrippa, wife of Germanicus, mother of six children with Germanicus including Caligula and Agrippina the Younger.
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• Augustan literature (ancient Rome).
• Virgil (70 – 19 BC), Aeneid.
• Horace (65 – 8 BC).
• Livy (64 BC – AD 12).
• Ovid (43 BC – AD 18).

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Melvyn Bragg, Catharine Edwards, Ellen O’Gorman, Maria Wyke, "Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 10 July 2008.

• Catherine Edwards (b. 1963), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Edwards, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. Translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Dr Ellen C O'Gorman, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol.
• Maria Wyke (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin, University College London.
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• Tacitus (c. AD 56 – c. 120).
• Tacitus, Annals, covers years AD 14–68.
• Tacitus, Histories, covers years c. 69–96.
• Tacitus, Agricola.
  (Tacitus' father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola was Governor of Britain AD 77/78 to 83/84.)
• Tacitus, Germania.
• Tacitus. The Annals. Translated by J. C. Yardley. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Tacitus. The Histories. Translated by W. H. Fyfe. Revised and edited by D. S. Levene. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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• Tacitus. Agricola and Germany. Translated by Anthony R. Birley. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
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• Roman Empire, 27 BC – AD 476.
• Principate, 27 BC – AD 284.
• Julio-Claudian dynasty, 27 BC to AD 68.
• Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69.
• Flavian dynasty, AD 69 to 96.
• Nerva–Antonine dynasty, AD 96 to 192.

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Melvyn Bragg, Catharine Edwards, Alice König, Matthew Nicholls, "Agrippina the Younger," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 31 March 2016.

• See episode notes for references.
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• Catherine Edwards (b. 1963), Wikipedia.
• Catherine Edwards, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. Translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Alice König, Wikipedia.
• Dr Alice König, School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
• Matthew Nicholls (b. 1978), Wikipedia.
• Matthew Nicholls, Visiting Professor, Department of Classics, University of Reading.
• Dr Matthew Nicholls, Senior Tutor, St John’s College, University of Oxford.
• Tacitus. The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero. Translated by J. C. Yardley. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Roman Empire, 27 BC – AD 476.
• Principate, 27 BC – AD 284.
• Octavius / Augustus (63 BC – AD 14), Emperor of Rome 27 BC to AD 14.
• Julio-Claudian dynasty, 27 BC to AD 68.
• Agrippina the Younger (AD 15 – 59), daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, great-grand-daughter of Augustus, sister of Caligula, fourth wife of Claudius, mother of Nero.
• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (c. 2 BC – AD 41), first husband of Agrippina the Younger, father of Nero.
• Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus, second husband of Agrippina the Younger.
• Tiberius (42 BC – AD 37), Emperor of Rome AD 14 to 37.
• Germanicus (15 BC – AD 19), Roman general, grandson of Livia, father of Agrippina the Younger.
• Caligula (AD 12 – 41), Emperor of Rome AD 37 to 41.
• Claudius (10 BC – AD 54), Emperor of Rome AD 41 to 54, third husband of Agrippina the Younger 49 to 54.
• Messalina (AD 17/20 – 48), third wife of Claudius 41 to 48.
• Britannicus (AD 41 – 55), son of Messalina and Claudius.
• Nero (AD 37 – 68), Emperor of Rome AD 54 to 68.
• Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69.

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Melvyn Bragg, Maria Wyke, Matthew Nicholls, Shushma Malik, "Nero," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 25 April 2019.

• See episode notes for references.
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• Maria Wyke (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin, University College London.
• Matthew Nicholls (b. 1978), Wikipedia.
• Matthew Nicholls, Visiting Professor, Department of Classics, University of Reading.
• Dr Matthew Nicholls, Senior Tutor, St John’s College, University of Oxford.
• Shushma Malik, University of Roehampton, London.
• Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. Translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Tacitus. The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero. Translated by J. C. Yardley. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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• Roman Empire, 27 BC – AD 476.
• Principate, 27 BC – AD 284.
• Julio-Claudian dynasty, 27 BC to AD 68.
• Claudius (10 BC – AD 54), Emperor of Rome AD 41 to 54.
• Messalina (c. AD 17/20 – 48), third wife of Claudius 41 to 48.
• Agrippina the Younger (AD 15 – 59), daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, great-grand-daughter of Augustus, sister of Caligula, fourth wife of Claudius, mother of Nero.
• Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65).
• Nero (AD 37 – 68), Emperor of Rome AD 54 to 68.
• Nero: Later years.
• Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69.
• Flavian dynasty, AD 69 to 96.

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Childers, The Riddle of the Sands (2019)

Erskine Childers.
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved.
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 2019.
First published in 1903.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia.

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Author Information:

• Erskine Childers (1870–1922), Wikipedia.
• Burke Wilkinson. The Zeal of the Convert: The Life of Erskine Childers. New York: Robert B. Luce Co., Inc. 1976. Gerrards Cross, England: Colin Smythe, 1978. Sag Harbor, New York: Second Chance Press, 1985. Open Road Media, 2016.
  [Google Books.]
• Andrew Boyle. The Riddle of Erskine Childers. London: Hutchinson, 1977.
  [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Jim Ring. Erskine Childers. London: John Murray, 1997. London: Faber & Faber, 2011.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Leonard Piper. The Tragedy of Erskine Childers. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands, 1903.
• George Tomkyns Chesney (1830–1895), The Battle of Dorking, 1871.
• Invasion literature.
• Germany–United Kingdom relations.
• Anglo-German naval arms race.

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Video, Audio:

• Melvyn Bragg, Richard Evans, Rosemary Ashton, Tim Blanning, "The Riddle of the Sands," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 12 June 2008.
• Harry Wood, "British Invasion-Scare Literature on the Eve of the First World War," YouTube, 11 December 2014.
  Full title of talk: "Between Rumour and Fantasy: New Thoughts on the Strategic Value of British Invasion and Future-War Literature"; delivered to the First World War Research Group, King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College on 11 December 2014.
  • Harry Wood, Island Mentalities: The invasion-scares of Edwardian Britain, WordPress.
  • Harry Wood, LinkedIn.

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Gerwarth, ed., Twisted Paths: Europe 1914-1945 (2007)

Robert Gerwarth, editor.
Twisted Paths: Europe 1914-1945.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Editor Information:

• Robert Gerwarth (b.1976), Wikipedia.
• Robert Gerwarth, Professor of Modern History, University College Dublin.
• Robert Gerwarth, Director, Centre for War Studies, University College Dublin.
• Robert Gerwarth. The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  My post for The Vanquished is here.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• World War I, July 1914 – November 1918.
• Aftermath of World War I.
• Revolutions of 1917–1923.
• Interwar period, November 1918 – September 1939.
• International relations (1919–1939).
• Causes of World War II.
• World War II, 1939–1945.

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West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia (2007)

Rebecca West.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia.
Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
New York: Penguin Books, 2007.
First published in 1941.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.

Book Series: Penguin Classics.

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Author Information:

• Rebecca West (1892–1983), Wikipedia.
• Rebecca West, Penguin Random House.
• Janet Montefiore. "Collective and Individual Memory: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" in Men and Women Writers in the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History. London and New York: Routledge, 1996.
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  (Hitchens refers to Montefiore in his Introduction.)
• Lorna Gibb. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West. London: Macmillan, 2013.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  (This is one of the more recent of several biographies and literary studies about Rebecca West.)

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, 1941.
• Stanislav Vinaver (1891—1955), basis for the character Constantine in Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.
• Anica Savić Rebac (1892—1953), basis for the character Militsa in Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918–1941.
• Yugoslavia.

Locations (organized as in West's book):

• Croatia : Zagreb.
• Dalmatia : Susak; Senj; Rab; Split; Salona; Trogir; Korčula; Dubrovnik (Ragusa); Republic of Ragusa, 1358–1808.
• Expedition : Cavtat; Perast; Kotor; Gruda.
• Herzegovina : Trebinje; Mostar.
• Bosnia : Sarajevo; Ilidža; Trebević (mountain); Travnik; Jajce; Jezero.
• Serbia : Belgrade; Topola; Franzstal; Fruška Gora.
• Macedonia / Vardar Banovina : Skopje; Matka; Black Mountain of Skopje; Bardovci; Gorno Nerezi (Church of Saint Panteleimon); Ohrid; Lake Ohrid; Church of St. John at Kaneo; Struga; Monastery of Saint Naum; Resen; Bitola; Bitola German War Cemetery; French military cemetery of Bitola; Kajmakčalan; (Battle of Kaymakchalan, 1916); Prilep.
• Old Serbia / Kosovo : Plain of Kosovo; Battle of Kosovo (1389); Gračanica Monastery; Pristina; Serbia in the Middle Ages; Kosovska Mitrovica; Stari Trg mine / Trepča Mines (Trepcha); Peć (Petch); Patriarchate of Peć; Visoki Dečani Monastery (Dechani).
• Montenegro : Kolašin; Podgorica; Lake Skadar (Lake Scutari); Cetinje (Tsetinye); Budva.

Miscellaneous other articles:

• Saint George's Day: South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring festival.
• Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.
• List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries.

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Other Books on the Balkans region in this blog:

• Glenny, The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 (2001).
• Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism (2002).

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Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus (1984)

William Shakespeare.
Titus Andronicus.
Edited by Eugene M. Waith.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition first published in 1984.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.

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Editor:

• In Memoriam: Eugene M. Waith, Professor of English Literature (1912–2007), Yale News.

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• Titus Andronicus, written between 1589 and 1593; first documented performance 1594; first published 1594.
• Themes in Titus Andronicus.
• Peacham drawing.
• Authorship of Titus Andronicus.
• George Peele (1556–1596), translator, poet, and dramatist; possible co-author of Titus Andronicus.
• Revenge play.
• Shakespearean tragedy.

English Renaissance Drama:

• English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English Renaissance theatre.

England during Shakespeare's Time:

• Elizabethan era, 1558–1603.
• Elizabethan government.
• Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England 1558–1603.
• Elizabeth I: Later years.
• Jacobean era, 1603–1625.
• James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England as James I, 1603–1625.
• Stuart period, 1603–1714.
• Early modern Britain, 16th – 18th Centuries.

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In Our Time:

• Melvyn Bragg, Jonathan Bate, Julie Sanders, Janet Clare, "Elizabethan Revenge," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 18 June 2009.
  • Revenge play.
  • Thomas Kyd (1558–1594), The Spanish Tragedy, written between 1582 and 1592.
  • Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), Thyestes.
  • John Marston (1576–1634), Antonio's Revenge, 1600 or 1601.
  • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, written between 1599 and 1601.
  • Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), The Revenger's Tragedy, first performed 1606.
• Melvyn Bragg, George Steiner, Catherine Belsey, "Tragedy," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 02 December 1999.
  • George Steiner (1929–2020), Wikipedia.
  • George Steiner. The Death of Tragedy. 1961; New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2009.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Catherine Belsey (1940–2021), Wikipedia.
  • Catherine Belsey. The Subject of Tragedy. London: Methuen, 1985. Abingdon: Routledge, 2014.
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Molière, The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays (2001)

Molière.
The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays.
Translated by Maya Slater.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition first published in 2001.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: Oxford World's Classics.

This book contains the following plays:

1. The School for Wives, 1662.
2. The School for Wives Criticized, 1663.
3. The Impromptu at Versailles, 1663.
4. Tartuffe, 1664.
5. The Misanthrope, 1666.
6. Les Femmes savantes [The Clever Women], 1672.

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Author Information:

• Molière (1622–1673), Wikipedia.
• Maya Slater, MayaSlater.com.
• Dr Maya Slater, Senior Research Fellow, Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Queen Mary University of London.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• 17th-century French literature.
• History of France: Early Modern France (1453–1789).
• Early modern France.
• Louis XIV (1638–1715), King of France 1643–1715.

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Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994)

William Shakespeare.
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Edited by Peter Holland.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition first published in 1994.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.

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Editor:

• Peter Holland, Department of English, University of Notre Dame.
• Peter Holland, Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, University of Notre Dame.
• Professor Peter Holland, Honorary Fellow, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge.
• Shakespeare at Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame.

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in 1595 or 1596; first published in 1600.
• Shakespearean comedy.

English Renaissance Drama:

• English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English Renaissance theatre.

England during Shakespeare's Time:

• Elizabethan era, 1558–1603.
• Elizabethan government.
• Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England 1558–1603.
• Elizabeth I: Later years.
• Jacobean era, 1603–1625.
• James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England as James I, 1603–1625.
• Stuart period, 1603–1714.
• Early modern Britain, 16th – 18th Centuries.

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In Our Time:

• Melvyn Bragg, Helen Hackett, Tom Healy, Alison Findlay, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 18 April 2019.
• Melvyn Bragg, Juliette Wood, Diane Purkis, Nicola Bown, "Fairies," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 May 2006.

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Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1955)

Albert Camus.
The Myth of Sisyphus.
Translated by Justin O'Brien.
New York: Vintage International (Vintage Books / Penguin Random House), 2018.
First published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955.
Originally published: Le Mythe de Sisyphe, Librairie Gallimard, France, 1942.

Book Information: Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• Albert Camus (1913 – 1960), Wikipedia.
• Ronald Aronson, "Albert Camus," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, last revised 13 December 2021.
• David Simpson, "Albert Camus (1913—1960)," Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Justin O'Brien (1917 – 1996), Wikipedia.

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In Our Time:

• Melvyn Bragg, Peter Dunwoodie, David Walker, Christina Howells, "Camus," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 03 January 2008.
  • Professor Peter Dunwoodie, Emeritus Professor of French Literature, Department of English and Creative Writing, Goldsmiths, University of London.
  • David H. Walker is/was Emeritus Professor of French, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield.
  • Christina Howells, Emeritus Professor of French, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford.

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Reynolds, Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times (2021)

David S. Reynolds.
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times.
New York: Penguin Books, 2021.

Book Information: Publisher; Author's Website; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• David S. Reynolds (b. 1948), Wikipedia.
• David S. Reynolds, davidsreynolds.com.
• David S. Reynolds, Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
• David S. Reynolds, C-SPAN.org.
• David S. Reynolds, editor. Lincoln's Selected Writings. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Wikipedia Articles:

• History of the United States (1789–1849).
• History of the United States (1849–1865).
• Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865).
• Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, 1861–1865.

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In Our Time:

• Melvyn Bragg, Catherine Clinton, Susan-Mary Grant, Tim Lockley, "The Gettysburg Address," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 26 May 2016.
  • Episode at YouTube.

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Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (2008)

William Shakespeare.
The Taming of the Shrew.
Edited by H. J. Oliver.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
(This edition first published in 1982.)

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.

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Editor:

• H. J. Oliver (1916–1982), AustLit, The University of Queensland.
• Papers of Harold James Oliver, National Library of Australia.

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• The Taming of the Shrew, written between 1590 and 1592; first published in 1623 (First Folio).
• Shakespearean comedy.

English Renaissance Drama:

• English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English Renaissance theatre.

England during Shakespeare's Time:

• Elizabethan era, 1558–1603.
• Elizabethan government.
• Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England 1558–1603.
• Elizabeth I: Later years.
• Jacobean era, 1603–1625.
• James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England as James I, 1603–1625.
• Stuart period, 1603–1714.
• Early modern Britain, 16th – 18th Centuries.

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Some alternatives to The Oxford Shakespeare edition:

• The Taming of the Shrew. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. Edited by Barbara Hodgdon. London: Methuen Drama, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Three Shrew Plays: Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with The Anonymous The Taming of a Shrew and Fletcher's The Tamer Tamed. Hackett Classics. Edited by Barry Gaines and Margaret Maurer. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

The two above mentioned editions of The Taming of the Shrew also contain the text of the anonymous The Taming of a Shrew which is not included in The Oxford Shakespeare edition. In his Introduction to The Oxford Shakespeare edition Oliver carefully explains why A Shrew is a poor copy of Shakespeare's The Shrew and that Shakespeare's work certainly preceded A Shrew even if A Shrew appeared in print first. At first, it was confusing to me why such scholarly effort has been expended on distinguishing The Shrew from A Shrew.
Some reasons: (a) The earlier publication of A Shrew in 1594, 1596 and 1607 before the first publication of Shakespeare's The Shrew in 1623 perhaps gave or gives A Shrew some degree of legitimacy that is does not deserve and so it must be quashed. (b) A Shrew makes greater use of the Christopher Sly framing which implies that perhaps Shakespeare made some revisions to his original text which A Shrew copied and the later form of The Shrew published in 1623 reflects experience gained with theater production during the 1590s and later. This is of great interest to scholars. (c) The repeated publication of the inferior A Shrew tells us something about the popularity of The Shrew and the competitive world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.

The Introductions to The Oxford Shakespeare editions of Shakespeare's plays are not hand-holding expositions for children. They assume the reader is already very familiar with the play and are written with greater scholarly depth than one might expect. They do repay careful reading. Oliver's is one of the better ones I have read so far. (The abundant footnotes to the main text provide more help than a reader might need.)

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