Hello everyone welcome back to the history hit warfare podcast I'm your host James Rogers and in this episode I've dug back through the Dan Snow's history hit archive to pull out and I probably shouldn't say this but it's one of my favorite episodes that Dan has ever done. It's with New York Times best-selling author Robert Harris,

who talks about the story behind the V2 rocket.

He's written an amazing novel on the topic, and he cuts between those who are launching the rocket and those on the receiving end

Those are you listening who are interested in both the technical details and the human cost of war are going to find this one fascinating. So here is

Robert Harris on the podcast.

A pleasure, Dan, lovely to be here. Robert, thank you very much coming on the podcast.

A pleasure Dan, lovely to be here.

I have read two of your books this summer.

I obviously read very kindly you sent me your V2 book,

but I also picked up your Papal Conclave book,

and they both of them left me feeling you know hugely inferior

your grasp of such different periods and different vibes how long is your what is your

research process well for aclave, it was about six months,

and for V2, probably a little bit longer,

because I've been thinking about writing the book for four years.

I mean, I was doing other things I just finished

Conclave when I started when I had the idea for it but I immersed myself in

everything that I can read and I go to places if I possibly can and that's the pleasure of it really. The research is just going into

another world. I don't know, it's my temperament. And do you feel you're on pretty comfortable

ground now with the third Reich?

I mean you've written quite a few now.

Is it easy to return and you have a sort of working knowledge of the SS and things or is it, do you like striking out into new territory?

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