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Hello and welcome to the History Extra Podcast

from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Review.

I'm Ellie Corthon.

No Mads have altered the course of human history in many ways,

but their stories are often overlooked because nomadic societies didn't tend to leave a record.

Historian and travel writer Anthony Satin seeks to rectify that in his new book,

No Mads, The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World.

David Musgrove spoke to Anthony and begun by asking him about the inspirations behind his book.

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