🎧 The Books that Made Britain
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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22m
For 50 years Christopher Tugendhat has been collecting modern first editions of books, including many that he believes reflect and illuminate the British experience during the first sixty years of the 20th century. In this podcast, he explores political and social change from 1900 to 1964 through the lens of literature - a history of Britain through some of the most seminal books of the 20th century.
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