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Tom mentions having read Gary Sheffield's book about Earl Haig, in the context of discussing the statue of Haig and noting that Gary Sheffield will be coming on the podcast to talk about the Western Front. The book appears to be about Haig and WWI military history.

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Referenced when discussing Sir Walter Raleigh, quoting the book's humorous description that Raleigh was 'put in the tower by James I for being left over from the previous reign.' This is the famous satirical history book.

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Tom discusses reading Canterbury Tales during the pandemic lockdown, describing how Chaucer's depiction of pilgrims meeting in a Southwark pub resonated with him during COVID restrictions. He connects Chaucer's writing about plague-era London to his own pandemic experience.