Highlights From Talking History

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for July 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend' with Mark Glancy, 'China 1949: Year of Revolution' with Graham Hutchings, 'King Arthur's Death' with Michael Smith, 'Life after Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career' with Patricia Fara and 'The Early Medieval Hand-Bells of Ireland and Britain' with Cormac Bourke.

This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of historians, writers and biographers discuss the life and legacy of American writer John Steinbeck. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Danica Cerce from the Steinbeck Review, Dr Susan Shillinglaw, Director of the Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California, Dr Nicholas P Taylor, Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University and Dr Tara Guissin-Stubbs, Associate Professor in English Literature and Director of Studies in English Literature and Creative Writing at Oxford University.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for June 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Pilgrimage' with Peter Stanford, 'Captain Francisco de Cuellar' with Francis Kelly, 'Women and the Irish Revolution' with Linda Connolly, 'Mixing It: Diversity in WW2 Britain' with Wendy Webster and 'Revolutionary' with Tom Holland.

This week Patrick and a high profile panel of artists, biographers and art historians discuss the life and legacy of French post impressionist artist Paul Cezanne. Joining Patrick on the panel were:  Dr Jorella Andrews, author of 'This is Cezanne', Dr Fabienne Ruppen, University of Zurich, Mark O'Kelly, Head of Painting, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Sarah Herring, The National Gallery, London and Samantha Friedman, Department of Drawings and Prints, Museum of Modern Art, New York.  

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for June 2021. Books covered on the show include 'Love Lives from Cinderella to Frozen' with Carol Dyhouse, 'Studies in Irish Georgian Silver' with Alison Fitzgerald, 'The Execution of Bridget Noble: Death and Conflict on the Beara Peninsula' with Sean Boyne, 'Stalin's Passage to Revolution' with Ronald Grigor Suny and The Stillorgan Local History Society on their latest publication.

This week Patrick and a panel of distinguished military historians and biographers discuss the iconic battle of Verdun. Joining Patrick on the panel include: Dr Paul Jankowski, Brandeis University, Dr John Mosier, Professor Emeritus, Loyola University, New Orleans,  Johnathan Bracken, Author & Historian and Francois Cochet, The Verdun Memorial.  

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for May 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Angels: A Visible and Invisible History' with Peter Stanford, 'Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth Century Britain' with Sam Wetherell, 'U-Boat Commander Oskar Kusch' with Eric C Rust, 'Rome is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty' with Anthony A Barrett and 'A Prince and a Spy' with Rory Clements.

This week Patrick looks at the best of Irish and International history publications for May 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army' with Guy de la Bedoyere, 'De Valera and Roosevelt, Irish and American Diplomacy In Times of Crisis, 1932-1939' with Bernadette Whelan, 'Biomedical Controversies in Catholic Ireland' with Don O'Leary, 'We Remember Maynooth' edited by Salvador Ryan and John Paul Sheridan and 'Wandering Wicklow with Father Browne' with Robert O' Byrne.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for April 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'History of World Trade Maps' with Philip Parker, ‘Art, Ireland, And the Irish Diaspora’ with Eimear O’ Connor, 'The Return' with Harry Sidebottom, 'A Difficult Birth: The Early Years of Northern Ireland, 1920-1925' with Alan Francis Parkinson and 'Walking Backwards to Heaven? Hope and the Catholics of Cloyne Diocese 1700-1830' with Martin Millerick.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for April 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain' with Padraic X Scanlan, Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland 1917-1921' with Elaine Callinan, 'The People on the Beach: Journey's to Freedom After the Holocaust' with Rosie Whitehouse, 'Leitrim: The Irish Revolution 1912-23' with Patrick Mc Garty and 'You Talking to Me: The Unruly History of New York English' with E.J White.

This week Patrick and a high profile range of historians, curators and biographers explore the life and legacy of the great Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Gary Clayton Anderson, Professor of History, The University of Oklahoma and Author of ' Sitting Bull and the Paradox of the Lakota Nationhood', Bill Yenne, Author of 'Sitting Bull', Michael B. Moore, Instructor, Native American Studies Department, Sitting Bull College, Ken Woody, Chief of Interpretation, Little Bighorn Battlefield and Mark Halvorson, Director of Collections, North Dakota Heritage Center.          

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for March 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in WW2' with Marc Gallicchio, 'Whitman in Washington' with Kenneth M Price, 'Crime and Punishment in 19th Century Belfast: The Story of John Linn' with Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, 'The Tale of a Great Sham' with Margaret Ward and Dana Hearne' and 'Crowdfunding the Revolution: The Dail Loan and the Battle for Irish Independence' with Patrick O' Sullivan Green.    

This week Patrick and a panel of distinguished poets, writers, translators and literary scholars explore the life and intellectual legacy of Russian Poet, Novelist and Playwright Alexander Pushkin. Joining Patrick on the panel include: Professor Michael Basker, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol, Literary Translators Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky, Dr Caryl Emerson, Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University, Dr Alexandra Smith, Reader in Russian Studies, University of Edinburgh and Dr Viktoria Ivleva, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University.  

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for March 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Goya: A Portrait of the Artist' by Janis Tomlinson, 'War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France' with Patrick Marnham, 'Egyptologists Notebooks' with Chris Naunton, 'Killing at It's Very Extreme: Dublin October 1917-November 1928 with Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly and 'The Secret Life of the Savoy Hotel' with Olivia Williams.