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The Luck of Barry Lyndon
William Makepeace Thackeray
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
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“Thackeray wrote in 1844 about the complicated origins of the Seven Years' War in his great novel.”
Sentiment: Passing Reference
Trigger: The Seven Years' War
For: History enthusiasts and literature fans
Key quote: “Its origin has always appeared to me to be so complicated and the books written about it so amazingly hard to understand that I have seldom been much wiser at the end of a chapter than at the beginning.”
The host mentions Thackeray's novel to highlight the complexity of historical events like the Seven Years' War. It serves as a humorous prelude to their discussion with a guest expert on the topic.