Elliot Ackerman guest-hosts Dedicated, turning interviewer for a conversation with author Doug Brunt about The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel, a narrative history of the Nobel family’s forgotten Russian oil empire and the revolutionary forces that ultimately consumed it.
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Dedicated with Doug Brunt
Elliot Ackerman guest-hosts a discussion of The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel.
LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTSThe Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel
Ackerman and Brunt trace the rise of Emanuel Nobel and the Nobel family’s vast petroleum business in Russia, which at its height rivaled and surpassed some of the world’s largest oil concerns.
Russia, Stalin, and Revolution
The conversation explores Baku, the early oil industry, Joseph Stalin’s revolutionary activity, the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, and the geopolitical struggle over energy that followed the collapse of the empire.
Writing History Through Story
Ackerman and Brunt also compare fiction and nonfiction, discussing research, narrative structure, historical characters, and the challenge of turning complex events into compelling stories.
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