History Stories for my Son
I learned to love history from my father's stories. He had a way of teaching history, not as a theory or series of events, but as a human story about real people who shaped the world by their choices. I want to share that love with my own son by telling real stories of great and interesting people. I created the History Stories for my Son Podcast because I want to spread that love of history as far as possible. The stories on this podcast are about people who made a difference in their own time, told at a level accessible to everyone, including kids learning about them for the first time, but also engaging for even the most knowledgeable history buff. You are invited to join a community where we remember that history is a story that should be shared with every generation.
History Stories for my Son
Richard Francis Burton
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David
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Episode 23
Richard Francis Burton packed twelve lifetimes of adventure and scholarship into one. This real life "Indiana Jones" discovered the source of the Nile, traveled to forbidden cities, explored ancient religions and introduced generations of Europeans to the Arabian Nights and other classics of eastern fairytale. This is his story.