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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-01-13

Books mentioned on Selects: History's Greatest Traitors

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The annals of history hold a special place for people who have carried out treachery and betrayed their own. Thousands of years later, their names are still synonymous with being a scoundrel around the world.

Josh Clark discussed Inferno by Dante Alighieri and The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Inferno

    Dante Alighieri · at 15:46

    Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a classic epic poem describing a journey through the underworld and the various circles of hell.

    Discussed
    “Dante had a special hatred for um Brutus and Casas and in his Inferno he says that uh they are being perpetually eaten by two of Lucifer First's three mouths”
    Josh Clark Selects: History's Greatest Traitors 2024-01-13 Listen at 15:46
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. The Last Temptation of Christ

    Nikos Kazantzakis · at 20:03

    The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis is a philosophical novel that reimagines the life and spiritual struggles of Jesus Christ, notoriously sparking intense controversy and leading to the author's excommunication from the Greek Orthodox Church.

    Discussed
    “Heely in The Last Temptation Of Christ who Harvey kelda is a pretty good Jesus or Judas”
    Josh Clark Selects: History's Greatest Traitors 2024-01-13 Listen at 20:03
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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