Our interview with 'HERO OF TWO WORLDS' author Mike Duncan

Best-selling author Patrick Wyman shares his new book "The Verge"- the story of the 40 years that changed the world as we know it- 1490-1530- and introduces some of the characters good and bad who brought the change, turning a backwater Europe into a thriving financial power. Discussing: the scale of change~exploration~crafty Queen Isabella~Columbus the pitchman and navigator~Martin Luther's printing press leading the reformation in languages everyone could read~Alduus Minutias and his presses and publishing~Suleimann the Magnificent~ and more.

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At the outset of the American Revolution we had practically no navy- and we had to rely on American seamen who would allow their boats to be turned into ships of war. This fascinating story is brought to us by author Jay Dolin in this interview- what a story!