Radio War Nerd EP223 — Samurai Revolution + Annibale on Italy Pandemic, pt. 2

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Guests: Annibale + Romulus Hillsborough, author Recorded: March 23, 2020 First: the War Nerd & Ames discuss their precarious "airbnb in the time of Coronavirus" lives... At 22:30 - We're joined by Annibale in Italy to discuss the latest news out of Northern Italy, one of the hardest hit regions in the world, and a preview of what's to come... At 1:23:00 - Romulus Hillsborough, author of several great books about Samurai, talks with the Nerd about the violent last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Samurai world in the mid-late 19th-c. Buy Romulus Hillsborough's books . Check out Romulus's web page here . Follow Annibale on Twitter . Listen to Annibale's popular RWN series: Coronavirus in Italy ( #222 ); Venetian Empire ( #207 , #208 , #209 , #214 ); The Hundred Years War ( #175 , #176 , #177 , #180 , #182 , #183 ); Italy's Years Of Lead ( #134 , #135 , #136 , #139 ); Italian Resistance in WW2 ( #131 ). Total time: 2:33:00 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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