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The Munich Conference

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The acclaimed historical novelist Robert Harris talks to us about his new book Munich, which explores the events of September 1938 where Neville Chamberlain, Hitler and other European leaders met in Germany in an attempt to avert European war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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excludes plug-in hybrids, Delantis Financial Services. There was a sense of the 1930s revisited at the moment, of nationalistic forces, extreme forces, started to move into the center of politics in a way that they haven't since the end of the Second World War.

1:25.0

That was Robert Harris discussing his new historical novel, which explores the events of a 1938 Munich conference. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine,

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1:40.3

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast.

1:43.4

I'm Rob Atar, the editor of BBC History

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Magazine. Today's interview is with Robert Harris, one of Britain's most acclaimed

1:52.0

historical novelists, whose books include Fatherland, Enigma, Pompeii and Archangel.

1:59.7

His latest book, entitled Munich, chronicles the events of the 1938

2:04.5

conference in Germany, where European leaders sought to find an agreement that might avert the

2:10.0

seemingly impending war. Our website assistant Rachel Dining spoke to Robert about his new novel

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