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Welcome Book Club and Episode 2088 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. Today Richard is in conversation with Don and Petie Kladsturp, authors of, amongst other things, Wine & War: The French, the Nazis, and France\u2019s Greatest Treasure.\n\nOn the bookshelf:\nThe books discussed in today\u2019s show include:\n\nThe Dead Lions series by Mick Herron\nThe Shardlake series and Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom\nThe Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O\u2019Meara\nThe Billy Boyle series by James R. Benn\nWho Dares Wins by Dominic Sandbrook\n\xa0\nMore about today\u2019s guests:\nDon and Petie Kladstrup are former journalists, longtime residents of France and authors of three books, all wine-related but based around three wars that shook the world.\n\nTheir first, "Wine & War: the French, the Nazis and the Battle for France\u2019s Greatest Treasure,"is an international best-seller and tells the story of how French wine producers in World War II struggled to survive under the Nazi occupation.\xa0\n\nTheir second book, "Champagne: How the World\u2019s Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times," revolves around World War I when nearly everything in that part of France was destroyed. Like "Wine & War," it's been translated into more than a dozen languages and become a hit worldwide.\xa0\n\nIn their third book, "Champagne Charlie: the Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne," Don and Petie went further back in time to tell how a daring young Frenchman set off for America to seek his fortune but ended up being arrested as a spy for the South in the U.S. Civil War\n\xa0\nConnect:\nWebsite: https://www.donandpetiekladstrup.com/\xa0\xa0\n\nMore about the host Richard Hough:\nRichard Hough is the editor, translator and project curator behind Wine Democracy and Vine and Prejudice. He has also published several books about life in Verona, chronicling the city\u2019s history, culture and daily life, not forgetting, of course, its wine! With a long-standing passion for whisky and beer, he\u2019s a relative newcomer to the world of wine and is now desperately trying to make up for lost time! He is the host of Book Club on the Italian Wine Podcast.\n\xa0\nConnect:\nTwitter: www.twitter.com/rick_hough\nInstagram: www.instagram.com/ricksnotesfromverona\xa0\nLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhough/\nComing soon:\nStay tuned for details of our next next on Book Club with the Italian Wine Podcast\n_______________________________\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/\xa0\nFacebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast\xa0\nTwitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast\xa0\nTiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp\xa0\nLinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast\xa0\n\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/