Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-10-17
Chris Williamson & Dan Jones: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #852
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.
Chris Williamson discussed Henry V by Dan Jones. Dan Jones recommended War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi, and discussed Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.
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
Discussed“what's been one of the most phenomenally successful history books of of the last 10 15 years it's you Val no Harari sapiens series and and so on very attractive book to Big popular audiences tens of millions of copies sold across the world”
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War and Peace
Recommended“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 ag 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 an karen because”
Where to get it
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Anna Karenina
Recommended“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 ag 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 an karen because”
Where to get it
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War and Peace
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
Plugged 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”