The Rest Is History
Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi conquest of Europe, and Hitler’s evil master plan for world domination, to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, or the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Tom and Dominic
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- 1 BritsPeter Taylor · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Masters of Rome seriesColleen McCulloch · 1× across 1 episode MO
- 4 Say NothingPatrick Radden Keefe · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Watching the DoorKevin Myers · 1× across 1 episode
716. King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4)
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715. King Arthur: The Mysteries of Merlin (Part 3)
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History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
so that's a thrillingly dramatic moment in the history of the kings of britain by geoffrey of monmouth ▶ tap to play from here
Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
by the time mallory comes to write the mort darthur and we've been saying basically the myth of arthur that people have in their heads now essentially comes from mallory ▶ tap to play from here
The True History of Merlin the Magician
Anne Lawrence-Mathers
and there's a brilliant book on this on just how historical merlin was believed to have been in the middle ages by ▶ tap to play from here
Historia Britonum
Nennius
and this is the historia britonum the history of the britons and it includes fortgegun welcoming hengiston horser ▶ tap to play from here
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede
the ecclesiastical history of the english people the first great work of history in english ▶ tap to play from here
De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae
Gildas
and this is a text called the de exidio britanniae the ruin of britain ▶ tap to play from here
714. King Arthur: Lancelot and the Round Table (Part 2)
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History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
written by a cleric called geoffrey of monmouth and this is the history of the kings of britain ▶ tap to play from here
Chivalry
Maurice Keen
no literary description of a tournament would be complete without its word picture of the watching ladies and of the tokens from their dresses the sleeves of their ▶ tap to play from here
Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
and the classic example of this in courtly romance is in mallory's mort dartha ▶ tap to play from here
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Unknown
much more than lancelot inspires gawain and the green knight the most famous medieval romance to feature gawain ▶ tap to play from here
The Once and Future King
T. H. White
in t h white's once a future king most of it is an updating into twentieth century prose of mallory ▶ tap to play from here
713. King Arthur: The Once & Future King (Part 1)
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Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
so that comes at the end of the mort dartha the great prose epic that was written by sir thomas mallory during the wars of the roses ▶ tap to play from here
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Antonia Fraser
i'll tell you one that i had it was by antonia fraser it was by the f it was the first book i think that she ever wrote ▶ tap to play from here
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Roger Lancelyn Green
oh i read the roger larcel and green one which had kinda wonderful woodcuts ▶ tap to play from here
Annales Cambriae
Unknown
it's originally mentioned in collection of annals so details of of what happens you know year on year out and these these are called the annales cambriae the annals of wales ▶ tap to play from here
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
and this is a twelfth century cleric called geoffrey of monmouth geoffrey of monmouth right the the book that kind of lights the touch paper of arthur mania and it's a a history of the kings of britain ▶ tap to play from here
The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Malory
P.J.C. Field
and all of this is laid out in the landmark study of the life and times of sir thomas mallory title of the book and it's by pj c field ▶ tap to play from here
712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)
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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
Colin Jones
a great historian colin jones wrote a book a couple of years ago called the fall of cobespier based on all these reports reconstructing almost minute by minute the events of those two days ▶ tap to play from here
Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
R. R. Palmer
the author we've talked about a lot r r palmer in his book twelve who ruled is very good on the optics of this ▶ tap to play from here
711. The Terror: Killing God (Part 5)
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Biography of Robespierre
Ruth Sker
to quote ruth sker in her biography of uh ros beer ▶ tap to play from here
The Terror of Natural Right
Dan Edelstein
and there's a brilliant book on this by a guy called dan edelstein the terror of natural right ▶ tap to play from here
Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
R. R. Palmer
so r r palmer who we've been quoting quite a lot his brilliant book on the the committee of public safety ▶ tap to play from here
710. The Terror: Death at the Guillotine (Part 4)
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
Jeremy D. Popkin
and in his history of the revolution the american historian jeremy popkins says the great irony of this is a republic that is devoted to the rights of man ▶ tap to play from here
Twelve Who Ruled
R. R. Palmer
as r r palmer says in his great book 12 who ruled the thing about this is basically it's kind of a recipe for permanent terror because robespierre is saying ▶ tap to play from here
709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3)
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The Lost King of France
Deborah Cadbury
to quote deborah cadbury who's written a a a comprehensive and i have to say very harrowing biography of louis charles called the lost king of france ▶ tap to play from here
708. The Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2)
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
so it's his principal source for tale of two cities which is i mean amazingly the bestselling novel in english ▶ tap to play from here
The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution
Timothy Tackett
timothy tackett in his book on the terror which we've been quoting a lot in this series he he quotes one of robespierre's colleagues in 1793 ▶ tap to play from here
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
reading about them kind of remind me of 19th century novels that always feature these kind of things madame beovary or something like that ▶ tap to play from here
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
Peter McPhee
peter mcphee in his biography of rospierre brilliant biography writes that although born into a long line of lawyers and officials ▶ tap to play from here
Fatal Purity: Notes from the Life of Maximilien Robespierre
Ruth Scurr
so ruth skurr who wrote a another biography of robespierre fatal purity which is wonderfully well written ▶ tap to play from here
707. The Terror: An Assassination in Paris (Part 1)
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Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror
Keith Michael Baker
there's a brilliant new biography came out i think this year or maybe late last year by the historian keith michael baker the kind of new definitive life of mara ▶ tap to play from here
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution
Peter McPhee
so in his book on the french revolution peter mcphee cites a club in granville in normandy and this club issued a ▶ tap to play from here
The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution
Timothy Tackett
so anyway at this moment march april 1793 the historian timothy tackett says this is the major turning point in the coming of the terror ▶ tap to play from here
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Simon Schama
so in simon sharma's book citizens he quotes one example let marat's head fall and the republic is saved ▶ tap to play from here
Parallel Lives
Plutarch
coach for paris and she's got her copy of plutar with her you know you can imagine her earnestly reading about plutus yes ▶ tap to play from here
706. Queen Victoria’s Revenge: Storming the Citadel (Part 2)
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Flashman on the March
George MacDonald Fraser
that was the great victorian hero sir harry flashman remembering his first meeting with the emperor theodrus ii in his memoir flashman on the march ▶ tap to play from here
The Barefoot Emperor
Philip Marsden
book the barefoot emperor from liverpool to woolwich chatham to bombay ▶ tap to play from here
705. Queen Victoria’s Revenge: The Mad Emperor of Abyssinia (Part 1)
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Flashman on the March
George MacDonald Fraser
every writer who's written about this says rassam is fantastic good judgment sensible calm levelheaded all of this rassam arrives on the red sea coast at massawa in july 1864 with two blokes a dr gord henry blanc and lieutenant predo of the bombay staff corps they've come as his assistants both with suff suspiciously french names well here's the thing there are some writers who say the british sent rassam blanc and prideau deliberately because if everything went wrong and ▶ tap to play from here
704. Roman Civil War: Master of the Republic (Part 4)
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
that was from rubicon by our very own tom holland describing an ominous moment in the descent of the roman republic into its first civil war ▶ tap to play from here
703. Roman Civil War: Marching on the Senate (Part 3)
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702. Roman Civil War: The Barbarian Invasion (Part 2)
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
well dear listeners it was our very own tom holland in his book rubicon the book that catapulted him to greatness ▶ tap to play from here
701. Roman Civil War: Rise of the General (Part 1)
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MO
Masters of Rome series
Colleen McCulloch
and she wrote this roman sequence in which the marius sulla rivalry played a huge part ▶ tap to play from here
700. The Troubles: Bloody Sunday (Part 4)
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Brits
Peter Taylor
so there's um in peter taylor's book brits about the experience of the army he talks about this um young officer who flew into belfast for the first time in august nineteen seventy one ▶ tap to play from here
Watching the Door
Kevin Myers
i mentioned in the last episode kevin myers the rte journalist his memoir watching the door there's a moment in that a very sort of evocative passage ▶ tap to play from here
Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
can i just ask about the officers 'cause i i don't know if you've seen um the adaptation of say nothing i've not i've read the book but not sort of ▶ tap to play from here
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
the emblematic novel of the spanish civil war which is ernest hemingway's book for whom the bell tolls ▶ tap to play from here
The Troubles: Return of the IRA (Part 3)
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Watching the Door
Kevin Myers
so there's a wonderful book actually about northern ireland in the seventies called watching the door by an irish column ▶ tap to play from here
Loyalists
Peter Taylor
in his um book loyalists peter taylor gives the example of one man called martin snodden ▶ tap to play from here
Reggie
Lewis Baston
and his biographer lewis baston so lewis baston came on a bonus last year ▶ tap to play from here
The Troubles: The Brink of Civil War (Part 2)
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Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA
Richard English
there's a brilliant book on all this by richard english is probably the definitive history of the ira called armed struggle ▶ tap to play from here
Loyalists
Peter Taylor
so there's a great book called loyalists by peter taylor ▶ tap to play from here
The Northern Ireland Problem
Denis Pinder
he wrote a book about it or had a book ghostwritten for him in the early nineteen seventies about it can't remember what it's called the problem of ulster or something like that ▶ tap to play from here
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
ernest hemingway's book for whom the bell tolls ▶ tap to play from here
Brits
Peter Taylor
in peter taylor's book brits he has um a quotation from uh an interview with a soldier in belfast ▶ tap to play from here
The Troubles: Murder in Belfast (Part 1)
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