Nudie Reads I Wish You Bad Luck [S2E42]

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. Roman wisdom from the year 430, as the Empire was in decline. An influential little book called De Re Militaris was created to encourage a return to Rome's glory days. The book remained popular with leaders until the 17th century. Not bad for a Roman writer named Vegetius.󠁧󠁢 🇮🇹🥦🛡⚔️☮️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

21 Apr 20229min

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 19th century classic of adventure literature by Alexandre Dumas pere. It might as well have been titled "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold" or perhaps "How to escape prison using just a dead body in a sack and a hand-made shank". Serious fun. 🇫🇷⛰🗡😡💰 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

17 Apr 202228min

Whistler's Mother is the famous American portrait by genius artist James Whistler. His mother was an austere religious woman but she adored being painted. And she couldn't resist writing all about it to her sister in a perfectly worded 'my-boy-is-the-best' letter. Pride is a sin, isn't it? 🇺🇸🎨👩‍👦😉 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

14 Apr 202211min

Vanity Fair was a 19 month serial published by William Makepeace Thackeray from 1848 and has become a classic of English literature, not least for the incredible character of Becky Sharp to the world. The original Mean Girl and still one of the best. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇳🇬🇧😼💅 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

10 Apr 202248min

Martin Luther liked to run his mouth. He called Pope Leo X the Antichrist. Leo thought Luther was a big fat heretic. At the Diet of Worms in 1521, before Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, Luther defended himself and wrote a terrific diary note of how it went down. 🇩🇪⛪️🤴🙏😬 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

7 Apr 202221min

Bertha Muzzy was a country gal of the American West. She wrote 57 bestsellers and as many hugely popular short stories all about the American West. Never heard of her? She wrote under the gender-neutral (we would call it today) nom de plume BM Bower. Great writing and handy with a rifle. 🇺🇸🦬🚺 ✍️🚗 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

3 Apr 202240min

25 July 1947 businessman pilot Kenneth Arnold spots 9 UFOs in Washington State USA and alerts the press. The news report is an error-filled joke but it changes the world and leads to "flying saucers" and UFO-mania. 🇺🇸🛸👽🚀✈ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

31 Mar 202212min

Fyodor Dostoevsky's final novel is considered by many his greatest. From Dr Jordan Peterson to Bailey Sarian readers have loved this soap-opera murder mystery, with its deep philosophical themes of free will and religious belief. Great Russian literature. Thanks Fyodor. 🇷🇺🪆☦️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

27 Mar 202245min