Original upload date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:30:41 GMT
John Julius Norwich (1929-2018) was an English popular historian, travel writer and television personality. He is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice, the Byzantine Empire
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and 'The Popes: A History'. [Listener: Christopher Sykes]
TRANSCRIPT: Well, I was born by Caesarean section which is one reason why I'm called Julius and I'm told that when I was one or two days old in the nursing home and bawling my lungs out, that my mother said something about how maddening I was being or something, and the nurse said, 'Oh, poor old baby. He's only trying to please.' My mother always remembered that story and maintained that that's what I've been trying to do ever since. Well, I hope it is; I should like to please people.
