{"id":9095,"date":"2024-10-17T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/andrew-roberts-on-the-habits-of-churchill-lessons-from-napoleon-and-the-holy-fire-inside-great-leaders-773\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:30:14","slug":"andrew-roberts-on-the-habits-of-churchill-lessons-from-napoleon-and-the-holy-fire-inside-great-leaders-773","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/andrew-roberts-on-the-habits-of-churchill-lessons-from-napoleon-and-the-holy-fire-inside-great-leaders-773\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Roberts on The Habits of Churchill, Lessons from Napoleon, and The Holy Fire Inside Great Leaders (#773)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1638&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andrew-Roberts-Illustration-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, 600px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illustration via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/99designs.com\/tim\" rel=\"noopener\">99desgins<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cAs soon as you think you understand a period, all it takes is one new set of papers or a new book written by somebody else that can make you look again at the same period and completely change your mind about it. And that\u2019s a little unnerving at the age of 61, I have to say.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Andrew Roberts<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/aroberts_andrew\" rel=\"noopener\">@aroberts_andrew<\/a>) has written twenty books, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have won thirteen literary prizes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These include <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Salisbury-Victorian-Titan-Andrew-Roberts\/dp\/0297817132\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Salisbury: Victorian Titan<\/em><\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Masters-Commanders-Four-Titans-1941-1945\/dp\/0061228583\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Masters and Commanders<\/em><\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Storm-War-History-Second-World\/dp\/0061228605\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Napoleon-Life-Andrew-Roberts\/dp\/0143127853\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Napoleon: A Life<\/em><\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Churchill-Andrew-Roberts-audiobook\/dp\/B07K4DL8QP\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Churchill: Walking with Destiny<\/em><\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-King-America-Misunderstood-George\/dp\/B09BH2WR38\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III<\/em><\/a>, and most recently, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Conflict-Evolution-Warfare-1945-Ukraine\/dp\/0063293145\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza<\/em><\/a>, which he co-authored with General David Petraeus.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Roberts is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies at King\u2019s College, London. He is also a member of the House of Lords.<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This episode is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/fromourplace.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Place\u2019s Titanium Always Pan\u00ae Pro<\/a>, using nonstick technology that\u2019s coating-free and made without PFAS, otherwise known as \u201cForever Chemicals\u201d; <a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn Jobs<\/a>\u00a0recruitment platform with 1B+ users; and <a href=\"https:\/\/shopify.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shopify<\/a>\u00a0global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><strong><em>Listen to the episode on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/773-andrew-roberts-on-the-habits-of-churchill\/id863897795?i=1000673415871\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/32pFl3u2j3IRQXj5Qu7OFx?si=7OnuqqjzRQOfDD42s4VDkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+KebvzkLLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/podcast\/2031148#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Podcast Addict<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/timferriss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/channel\/id1059468?country=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Castbox<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLuu6fDad2eJyWPm9dQfuorm2uuYHBZDCB\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Music<\/a>,\u00a0<strong><em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9814f3cc-1dc5-4003-b816-44a8eb6bf666\/the-tim-ferriss-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/podcast\/The-Tim-Ferriss-Show\/B08K58QX5W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audible<\/a>, or on your favorite podcast platform<\/em><\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-tim-podcast-link-main podcast-block wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><a class=\"podcast-block__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/773-andrew-roberts-on-the-habits-of-churchill\/id863897795?i=1000673415871\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/timferriss\/inc\/blocks\/podcast-link\/images\/apple-podcast.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"podcast-block__link-icon\"\/><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text-top\">Listen on<\/span><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text\">Apple Podcasts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-tim-podcast-link-main podcast-block wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><a class=\"podcast-block__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/32pFl3u2j3IRQXj5Qu7OFx?si=7OnuqqjzRQOfDD42s4VDkA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"167\" height=\"167\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/timferriss\/inc\/blocks\/podcast-link\/images\/spotify.svg\" class=\"podcast-block__link-icon\"\/><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text-top\">Listen on<\/span><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text\">Spotify<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-tim-podcast-link-main podcast-block wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><a class=\"podcast-block__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+KebvzkLLM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/timferriss\/inc\/blocks\/podcast-link\/images\/overcast.svg\" class=\"podcast-block__link-icon\"\/><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text-top\">Listen on<\/span><span class=\"podcast-block__link-text\">Overcast<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"podcast-player\">\n<div class=\"podcast-player-inner-wrap\">\n<p>#773: Andrew Roberts on The Habits of Churchill, Lessons from Napoleon, and The Holy Fire Inside Great Leaders<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.art19.com\/shows\/58dacbdc-646e-4585-9914-19c3de11d1ba\/episodes\/ddf5eb21-241c-45a3-8613-63b258aec3b0\/embed?type=micro\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 30px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>This episode is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/fromourplace.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Place\u2019s Titanium Always Pan\u00ae Pro<\/a>. <\/strong>Many nonstick pans can release harmful \u201cforever chemicals\u201d\u2014PFAS\u2014into your food, your home, and, ultimately, your body. 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It\u2019s tough enough to withstand the dishwasher, open flame, heavy-duty scrubbing\u2014even metal utensils\u2014without losing any of its non-stick properties. <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fromourplace.com\/tim\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to FromOurPlace.com\/Tim and use code TIM to get 10% off sitewide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>This episode is brought to you by\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/Tim\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LinkedIn Jobs<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/Tim\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Jobs<\/a>\u00a0can help. 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And now, you can post a job for free.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/Tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Just visit LinkedIn.com\/Tim<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>This episode is brought to you by\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shopify.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Shopify<\/strong><\/a><strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shopify.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shopify<\/a>\u00a0is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shopify.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shopify<\/a>\u00a0is<strong> designed for anyone to sell anywhere<\/strong>, giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. 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Take your business to the next level today by visiting\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shopify.com\/tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>shopify.com\/Tim<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2022\/11\/15\/niall-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Want to hear<\/a> another episode with a historian who looks to the past in order to understand where the future\u2019s headed?\u00a0<\/strong>Have a listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2022\/11\/15\/niall-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my\u00a0conversation with <strong>Niall Ferguson<\/strong><\/a>, in which we discuss the revoking of academia\u2019s license to be outrageous, historical contingency, keeping Cold War II from heating up into World War III, the joys of digging deep into historical correspondence, why an atheist takes his kids to church, life under fatwa, an evolving toolkit for enacting change, <a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2022\/11\/15\/niall-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and much more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Coming Cold War II, Geopolitics, Fatherhood, Fear, and More \u2014 Niall Ferguson, Historian\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKTKeBChgfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know <a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2024\/10\/17\/andrew-roberts-churchill-napoleon\/#respond\">in the comments<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-97608\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect with <strong>Andrew Roberts<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrew-roberts.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aroberts_andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Conflict-Evolution-Warfare-1945-Ukraine\/dp\/0063293145\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza by David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts<\/strong> | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/publications\/secrets-statecraft-andrew-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Secrets of Statecraft with Andrew Roberts<\/strong> | Hoover Institution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/author\/B07GDPPCVX?ingress=0&amp;visitId=fd44b416-fb6a-4f72-9cf0-4dfc21d9b594&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=offsitoftimfe-20&amp;linkId=5c1735c274944f77230580c5b1536aa8&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Other Books by Andrew Roberts | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranleigh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discover Yourself | Cranleigh School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.varsity.co.uk\/features\/27090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Untold Tale of Cambridge\u2019s History of Espionage | Varsity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/debretts.com\/peerage\/the-peerage\/ranks-and-privileges-of-the-peerage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debrett\u2019s Guide to the Ranks and Privileges of the Peerage | Debretts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall\/dp\/0394720245\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2022\/11\/15\/niall-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Niall Ferguson, Historian \u2014 The Coming Cold War II, Visible and Invisible Geopolitics, Why Even Atheists Should Study Religion, Masters of Paradox, Fatherhood, Fear, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #634<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Colossus-Rise-Fall-American-Empire\/dp\/0143034790\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2020\/12\/17\/how-to-write-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Write History by Andrew Roberts | National Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Napoleon-Life-Andrew-Roberts\/dp\/0143127853\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Churchill-Walking-Destiny-Andrew-Roberts\/dp\/1101981008\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtogive.org\/resources\/noblesse-oblige\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noblesse Oblige | Learning to Give<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/we-better-off-napoleon-never-lost-waterloo-180955298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why We\u2019d Be Better Off if Napoleon Never Lost at Waterloo by Andrew Roberts | Smithsonian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.napoleon-series.org\/government\/code-napoleon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code Napoleon | The Napoleon Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libgen.is\/book\/index.php?md5=C1F6F12A11CDECCBCF334FBD4BE4C626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guibert\u2019s General Essay on Tactics by Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert | Library Genesis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.napoleon-series.org\/military-info\/organization\/c_armycorps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Development of The Corps D\u2019Arm\u00e9e | The Napoleon Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannonselin.com\/2017\/07\/napoleon-pyramids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Napoleon at the Pyramids: Myth Versus Fact | Shannon Selin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org\/winston-churchill-1940-speeches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winston Churchill Speeches from 1940 | America\u2019s National Churchill Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07KBG2TM5\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marlborough: His Life and Times Series by Winston S. Churchill | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Early-Life-1874-1904-Winston-Churchill\/dp\/0684823454\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Early Life: 1874-1904 by Winston Churchill | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/en\/notre-selection\/napoleon-plus-grand-general-ou-stratege-de-lhistoire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Napoleon, History\u2019s Greatest General or Strategist? | IHEDN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eyeless-Gaza-Novel-Aldous-Huxley\/dp\/0061724890\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eyeless in Gaza: A Novel by Aldous Huxley | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley\/dp\/0060850523\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brave New World by Aldous Huxley | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gathering-Storm-Second-World-War\/dp\/039541055X\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gathering Storm (The Second World War) by Winston S. Churchill | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu\/shall-one-save-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cI Shall Be the One to Save London\u201d | The Churchill Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/10-may-1940-a-day-to-remember\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 May 1940: A Day to Remember | The National Archives Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org\/abdication-of-king-edward-viii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abdication of King Edward VIII, 1936 | America\u2019s National Churchill Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/the-july-20-1944-plot-to-assassinate-adolf-hitler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The July 20, 1944, Plot to Assassinate Adolf Hitler | Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20221201-memory-of-macabre-cult-massacre-buried-in-guyana-jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memory of Macabre Cult Massacre Buried in Guyana Jungle | France 24<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/news\/management\/leaders-and-success\/winston-churchill-harness-mistakes-into-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winston Churchill Harnessed Many Mistakes Into Victory | Investor\u2019s Business Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/sam-bacharach\/what-todays-leaders-can-learn-from-napoleons-mistakes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Today\u2019s Leaders Can Learn from Napoleon\u2019s Mistakes | Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/naturallybalanced.org\/en\/keeping-a-diary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keeping a Diary \u2014 Advantages and Challenges | Naturally Balanced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tiny-librarian\/186284109574\/when-louis-xvi-wrote-in-his-diary-rien-nothing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When Louis XVI Wrote \u201cRien\u201d in His Diary\u2026 | Tiny-Librarian, Tumblr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writers.com\/what-is-purple-prose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Purple Prose? | Writers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrenchcollection.com\/the-napoleonic-bee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Napoleonic Bee | A French Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/46565\/ozymandias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley | The Poetry Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/about\/media\/write-cut-rewrite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Write, Cut, Rewrite: New Exhibition Sheds Light on the Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature | Bodleian Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frankenstein-Mary-Shelley\/dp\/0486282112\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lampallib\/p\/C_LJxFdhcbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Edition of Frankenstein | Lambeth Palace Library, Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clivedenliteraryfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Established In 2017 | Cliveden Literary Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Map-Territory-Vintage-International\/dp\/0307946533\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger | Randall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/mandel\/1955\/08\/imp-crit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Germain: The Marxist Theory of Imperialism and its Critics (1955) | Marxists.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d52db78a-435a-11df-833f-00144feab49a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Too Much Hitler and the Henrys\u2019 by Niall Ferguson | Financial Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2008-02-04\/nearly-quarter-of-brits-think-churchill-a-myth-poll\/1031856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nearly Quarter of Brits Think Churchill a Myth: Poll | ABC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitwales.com\/things-do\/attractions\/castles-heritage\/trail-majestic-castles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Majestic Castles of North Wales | Visit Wales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/building\/palace\/westminsterhall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westminster Hall | UK Parliament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/resources\/speeches\/speeches-about-winston-churchill\/the-study-of-history-and-the-practice-of-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Study of History and the Practice of Politics | International Churchill Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-King-America-Misunderstood-George\/dp\/1984879286\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts | Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/culture-life\/is-british-history-something-to-be-proud-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is British History Something to Be Proud Of? | The Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/evolutionofparliament\/2015-parliament-in-the-making\/get-involved1\/2015-banners-exhibition\/maria-amidu\/1807-abolition-of-the-slave-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade | UK Parliament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2022\/03\/pros-cons-british-empire-balance-sheet-history-imperialism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pros and Cons of British Empire: \u201cBalance Sheet\u201d History Asks Students to Legitimize Imperialism. | Slate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2023\/07\/31\/the-upside-of-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Upside of Empire by Andrew Roberts | National Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/15\/nyregion\/thomas-jefferson-statue-nyc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Jefferson Statue Evicted from City Hall Will Go to a Museum | The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/P._G._Wodehouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notable Quotations by P.G. Wodehouse | Wikiquote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60506682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine in Maps: Tracking the War with Russia | BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-20415675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaza Strip in Maps: How a Year of War Has Drastically Changed Life in the Territory | BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frenchempire.net\/articles\/marshals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Napoleonic Marshals of France | French Empire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SHOW NOTES<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[00:06:14] Expelled from Cranleigh school.<\/li>\n<li>[00:07:14] Why MI6 considered Andrew for recruitment.<\/li>\n<li>[00:09:56] The teacher who made history exciting to 10-year-old Andrew.<\/li>\n<li>[00:13:05] Words Andrew avoids when writing about history.<\/li>\n<li>[00:14:20] Are steady-nerved leaders naturally born or nurtured?<\/li>\n<li>[00:16:05] The thinkers who influenced Winston Churchill and his sense of <em>noblesse oblige<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>[00:18:26] What made Napoleon Bonaparte the prime exemplar of war leadership?<\/li>\n<li>[00:24:37] Lessons from Winston Churchill\u2019s autobiography, <em>My Early Life<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>[00:26:22] Napoleon\u2019s relationship with risk.<\/li>\n<li>[00:29:26] Andrew\u2019s signed letter from Aldous Huxley.<\/li>\n<li>[00:30:49] When historical figures carry a sense of personal destiny.<\/li>\n<li>[00:33:07] The meeting Andrew wishes he could\u2019ve witnessed as a fly on the wall.<\/li>\n<li>[00:34:30] When historical villains carry a sense of personal destiny.<\/li>\n<li>[00:37:14] What Churchill and Napoleon learned from their mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>[00:39:38] \u201cDear Diary\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>[00:44:00] Maintaining creative flow during the writing process.<\/li>\n<li>[00:47:18] On working with brilliant publisher Stuart Proffitt (aka Professor Perfect).<\/li>\n<li>[00:52:53] Why are some significant figures immortalized while others go the way of Ozymandias?<\/li>\n<li>[00:57:59] Thoughts on personal legacy.<\/li>\n<li>[00:59:18] Fiction favorites.<\/li>\n<li>[01:02:05] Being objective about the history of imperialism.<\/li>\n<li>[01:03:31] The challenges of teaching and learning history today.<\/li>\n<li>[01:06:40] Why \u201cStudy history\u201d is Andrew\u2019s coat of arms motto.<\/li>\n<li>[01:10:22] What Andrew, as a history expert, sees for the future.<\/li>\n<li>[01:14:01] Counteracting natural pessimism.<\/li>\n<li>[01:15:34] What to expect from Andrew\u2019s latest book <em>Conflict<\/em> (co-authored with David Petraeus).<\/li>\n<li>[01:19:21] Upcoming book projects.<\/li>\n<li>[01:20:26] Parting thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ANDREW ROBERTS QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m the first person ever as a young man to get drunk and climb up buildings \u2026 It led to one of my wife\u2019s most brilliant witticisms. She said, \u2018And all Andrew\u2019s done since in life is to get drunk and social climb.&#8217;\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhen I feel pessimism for America, it\u2019s for things like taking the Thomas Jefferson statue down from the New York City Hall. It\u2019s a form of cultural suicide. It strikes me not to admire the founders of your nation. And yes, of course he owned slaves, but he also wrote a constitution that has survived for a quarter of a millennium and he was brave enough, and Washington and all the others, brave enough to stand up against the most powerful empire in the world. These things, you deserve your statue, it seems to me. And if you go around pulling these things down, I think you\u2019re breaking a living link with the past that makes you a great country.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI find it very relaxing and calming to think that my life isn\u2019t just going to be a complete waste of time. And one of the only ways that I can justify this concept that it\u2019s all not just a nihilistic maelstrom is by writing books, obviously, which I hope will survive me. But also, noting down what I\u2019ve done in the day.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs soon as you think you understand a period, all it takes is one new set of papers or a new book written by somebody else that can make you look again at the same period and completely change your mind about it. And that\u2019s a little unnerving at the age of 61, I have to say.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m a bit of a pessimist anyway because I\u2019m a Tory and pessimism is an essential part of Toryism.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\u2014\u00a0Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PEOPLE MENTIONED<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/history\/past-prime-ministers\/benjamin-disraeli-the-earl-of-beaconsfield\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/susan-gilchrist\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan Gilchrist<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Bond\" rel=\"noopener\">James Bond<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/muppet.fandom.com\/wiki\/Cookie_Monster\" rel=\"noopener\">Cookie Monster<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocsociety.org\/2023\/06\/memorial-for-christopher-perry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Perry<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/charles-i\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles I<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_Cromwell\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver Cromwell<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/elizabeth-i\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth I<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/mary-queen-scots-r1542-1567\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary, Queen of Scots<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertcaro.org\/about\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Caro<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2022\/11\/15\/niall-ferguson\/\">Niall Ferguson<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" rel=\"noopener\">Napoleon Bonaparte<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/literature\/1953\/churchill\/biographical\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Winston Churchill<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Julius_Caesar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Julius Caesar<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Alexander_the_Great\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander the Great<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Gibbon\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Gibbon<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/abbey-commemorations\/commemorations\/thomas-babington-macaulay\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Babington Macaulay<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/schopenhauer\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Schopenhauer<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Antoine_Hippolyte,_Comte_de_Guibert\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/history\/past-prime-ministers\/arthur-wellesley-1st-duke-of-wellington\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historic-uk.com\/HistoryUK\/HistoryofEngland\/Sir-Francis-Drake\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Francis Drake<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough\" rel=\"noopener\">John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Randolph_Churchill\" rel=\"noopener\">Randolph Churchill<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Randolph_Churchill\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeanette Spencer-Churchill<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aldous_Huxley\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldous Huxley<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolf Hitler<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/history\/past-prime-ministers\/neville-chamberlain\" rel=\"noopener\">Neville Chamberlain<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/george-vi\" rel=\"noopener\">George VI<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claus_von_Stauffenberg\" rel=\"noopener\">Claus von Stauffenberg<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Koresh\" rel=\"noopener\">David Koresh<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Jones\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jones<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xi_Jinping\" rel=\"noopener\">Xi Jinping<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Netanyahu\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-biden\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.chateauversailles.fr\/discover\/history\/great-characters\/louis-xvi\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis XVI<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Johnson\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel Johnson<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rsliterature.org\/fellows\/stuart-proffitt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Stuart Proffitt<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herodotus\" rel=\"noopener\">Herodotus<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/about-the-white-house\/presidents\/abraham-lincoln\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Abraham Lincoln<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/percy-bysshe-shelley\" rel=\"noopener\">Percy Bysshe Shelley<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertGoddardUK\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Goddard<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/williamboyd.co.uk\/biography\/\" rel=\"noopener\">William Boyd<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salmanrushdie.com\/salman-rushdie-the-author\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Salman Rushdie<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Harris_(novelist)\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Harris<br \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" 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