Radio War Nerd EP223 — Samurai Revolution + Annibale on Italy Pandemic, pt. 2

Guests: Annibale + Romulus Hillsborough, author Recorded: March 23, 2020 First: the War Nerd & Ames discuss their precarious "airbnb in the time of Coronavirus" lives... At 22:30 - We're joined by Annibale in Italy to discuss the latest news out of Northern Italy, one of the hardest hit regions in the world, and a preview of what's to come... At 1:23:00 - Romulus Hillsborough, author of several great books about Samurai, talks with the Nerd about the violent last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Samurai world in the mid-late 19th-c. Buy Romulus Hillsborough's books. Check out Romulus's web page here. Follow Annibale on Twitter. Listen to Annibale's popular RWN series: Coronavirus in Italy (#222); Venetian Empire (#207, #208, #209, #214); The Hundred Years War (#175, #176, #177, #180, #182, #183); Italy's Years Of Lead (#134, #135, #136, #139); Italian Resistance in WW2 (#131). Total time: 2:33:00 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here