Mansfield Smith-Cumming: MI6's First 'C', Green Ink and a Wooden Leg Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mansfield Smith-Cumming was born in 1859 into a family linked to the banking dynasty that became...
27 Loka 18min
Henry Bessemer: Secret Gold Paint, Mary Mushet and a Ship That Hit Calais
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Henry Bessemer was born in 1813 in Charlton, Hertfordshire, son of Anthony Bessemer, a Huguenot ...
27 Loka 24min
Cao Cao: Five-Colored Curfew Staffs, Tuntian Farms and Defeat at Red Cliffs
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Cao Cao lived from about 155 to 220 AD as the Han dynasty collapsed. A young assessor predicted ...
27 Loka 20min
Ranjit Singh: The One-Eyed Maharaja Who Hired Napoleon's Officers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ranjit Singh was born in 1780 in Gujranwala, renamed from Budh Singh to a name meaning victor in...
27 Loka 24min
Alexander Alekhine: From a Cheka Death Cell to Dethroning Capablanca
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alexander Alekhine was born in Moscow in 1892 to a landowning legislative counselor and the daug...
27 Loka 23min
Tadeusz Kościuszko: Saratoga, Scythemen and a Will Jefferson Ignored
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Tadeusz Kościuszko was born in 1746 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to a modest noble fami...
27 Loka 24min
Kit Carson: The One-Cent Runaway Who Led the Navajo Long Walk Campaign
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Christopher "Kit" Carson grew up on the Missouri frontier; his father was killed by a falling tr...
27 Loka 22min
George Francis Train: Credit Mobilier Backer and the Real Phileas Fogg
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Francis Train was born in Boston in 1829 and moved with his family to New Orleans, where ...
27 Loka 20min
