Simon Sebag Montefiore: The Cauldron

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Aug 25, 202639:22Arts

My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Simon Sebag Montefiore, the author of a number of fantastic books, including The Cauldron , which released this week. Simon and I talk about the making of the modern middle ea...

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