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
720. Revolution in the Soviet Empire: Revenge of the Red Army (Part 2)
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1956: The World in Revolt
Simon Hall
so simon hall in his book on nineteen fifty six quotes a building worker who was driving through rural western hungary ▶ tap to play from here
The Will to Survive: A History of Hungary
Brian Cartledge
brian cartledge and his massive history of hungary is massive history of hungary is called the will to survive ▶ tap to play from here
Hungarian Tragedy
Peter Fryer
he wrote a brilliant book all of which is online called hungarian tragedy ▶ tap to play from here
719. Revolution in the Soviet Empire: The Hungarian Uprising (Part 1)
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Hungary: A History
Brian Cartledge
sir brian cartledge who is the british ambassador to hungary and has written this huge sort of definitive english language history of hungary set of rakushi ▶ tap to play from here
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Anne Applebaum
and the tactic which is so common across eastern europe and appenbaum describes it brilliantly in her book iron curtain is you pretend to be moderate ▶ tap to play from here
1956: The World in Revolt
Simon Hall
and say for example in simon hall's book about nineteen fifty six he quotes a story in a communist party journal ▶ tap to play from here
718. The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)
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The Oresteia
Aeschylus
he was incredibly heroic in the first world war he was wounded at the battle of the somme and he famously lay for twelve hours in a shell hole reading iskylus in the original greek ▶ tap to play from here
My Early Life
Winston Churchill
in the first half we said how he'd read my early life by churchill ▶ tap to play from here
Never Had It So Good
Dominic Sandbrook
that's from never had it so good that's from myself ▶ tap to play from here
717. The Suez Crisis: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1)
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My Early Life
Winston Churchill
he actually is a massive reader and he loved churchill's book my early life ▶ tap to play from here
716. King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4)
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The Birth of Britain
Winston Churchill
and he was writing in the birth of britain which was the first volume of of his mighty history of the english speaking people's ▶ tap to play from here
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Winston Churchill
and he was writing in the birth of britain which was the first volume of of his mighty history of the english speaking people's ▶ tap to play from here
Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
and then william caxton who published the mort dartha in fourteen eighty five ▶ tap to play from here
Historia Britonum
Nennius
it is this obscure and little regarded text the historia britonum the history of the britons which was written in eight twenty nine in quinn in north wales purportedly by this welsh monk called nenius ▶ tap to play from here
History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
it is not unlike geoffrey of monmouth's history of the kings of britain ▶ tap to play from here
From Ritual to Romance
Jessie Weston
jesse weston who wrote a book f called from ritual to romance ▶ tap to play from here
King Arthur: The Making of the Legend
Nicholas Higham
nicholas hyam in his recent book king arthur the making of the legend ▶ tap to play from here
Roman Britain and the English Settlements
R. G. Collingwood
and he wrote the oxford history of roman britain ▶ tap to play from here
The Age of Arthur
John Morris
he wrote an entire book called the age of arthur ▶ tap to play from here
Kings and Tyrants
Ken Dark
ken dark who's writing about the dark ages he would say he's writing about early medieval prison dominic ken early medieval britain and he's he's published uh kings and tirants it's called ▶ tap to play from here
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
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