

Legacy
Wondery
From Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts, Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Legacy podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 6 episodes
1984

#2 Mentioned in 5 episodes
James

#3 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Listen for the Lie

#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Joan of Arc: A History

#5 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Marie Antoinette
The Journey

#6 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Women

#7 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Oliver Twist
The 1838 Theatrical Adaptation

#8 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Lovely One

#9 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Stalin
The Court of the Red Tsar
#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Genghis Khan, The Man Who Conquered the World

#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Bleak House

#12 Mentioned in 3 episodes
A Christmas carol

#13 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
#14 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Winston Churchill His Times, His Crimes

#15 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Freud a Life for Our Time

#16 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The life and work of Sigmund Freud
#17 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Russia and the Golden Horde

#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Sketches by Boz
#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Palace of Versailles, and Life in Revolutionary France
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#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes