J.K. Rowling – Jacke Wilson

January 28, 2021

The History of Literature #267 Great Scot! The 6 Best Scottish Writers (with Margot Livesey)

Fan favorite Margot Livesey returns to the History of Literature to discuss her new novel, The Boy in the Field, and to help Jacke choose the greatest writers in Scotland’s history. MARGOT LIVESEY is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Flight of Gemma Hardy, The House on Fortune Street, Banishing Verona, Eva Moves Continue reading

history of literature, Podcast

Adam smith, arthur conan doyle, david hume, j.k. rowl, J.K. Rowling, walter scott

November 3, 2017

History of Literature #117 – Machiavelli and The Prince

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:54 — 44.8MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) went from being a little-known functionary to one of the most famous and controversial political theorists of all time. His masterpiece Il Principe (or in English, The Prince) has been read, studied, and argued about for 500 years. “A guidebook for statesmen,” said Benito Mussolini. Continue reading

Arts, Authors, books, history of literature, Podcast, Writing

dick cheney, donald trump, florence, isaiah berlin, J.K. Rowling, joy reid, machiavelli, tom ridge

September 1, 2017

History of Literature #107 – The Man and the Myth – Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (with Mattias Bostrom)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:59 — 42.8MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More Continuing our series on literary myths, we’re joined by Mattias Bostrom, author of From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, for a conversation about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his astonishing creation, Sherlock Holmes. Would you like to Continue reading

Arts, Authors, books, Fiction, history of literature, Podcast

arthur conan doyle, doctor watson, J.K. Rowling, mattias bostrom, sherlock holmes

February 24, 2016

HoL Episode 30 – More Conspiracy!

What do Edgar Allan Poe, J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, Stephen King, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Justice Antonin Scalia have in common? Jacke Wilson connects the dots with another look at conspiracy literature, literary conspiracies, and the people who love them. (Part 2 of 2.) Continue reading

Arts, Authors, books, history of literature, novelists, Podcast, Writing

Barack Obama, Edgar Allan Poe, Hillary Clinton, J.K. Rowling, Justice Antonin Scalia, Stephen King, William Shakespeare