Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-10-17
Books mentioned on The Untold Story Of England’s Greatest King - Dan Jones - #852
Dan Jones is a historian, author and a podcaster. Though many English kings throughout history have left a lasting impact, Henry V is considered potentially the greatest ever, even though he only ruled for 9 years.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Henry V
Discussed“why write a book about Henry V why is he sufficiently important for you to spend several thousand words talking about him”
Where to get it
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping non-fiction book that surveys the history of the human species from the Stone Age through the modern era.
Discussed“There was a—I never finished Sapiens, and I opened it up on my Audible on a plane and I realized why I bailed out of a particular chapter that I'd been deep in, and it was talking about the unfair gender inequality that was sort of replete throughout humanity's heritage.”
Where to get it
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental epic novel chronicling Russian society, family life, and military conflict during the Napoleonic Wars.
Recommended“and I'd try and read his substack read his because I think he's an original thinker um and a good and interesting writer and he blogged a few years ago quite a few years ago now maybe four years ago about Tolstoy and I've I went on a real slow burn Tolstoy Jag through War and Peace and anakaren because”
Where to get it
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental historical epic chronicling Russian society, aristocracy, and military struggles during the Napoleonic era.
Recommended“He blogged quite a few years ago, maybe four years ago now, about Tolstoy, and I went on a real slow burn Tolstoy jag through 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina.'”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Plantagenets
“so early in my career I wrote a book called The plantagenets and that was like a dynastic history of the great English medieval Dynasty that started in the 1150s with Henry II founder of the Dynasty and worked up to II who was deposed in 1399”