The Rest is History
The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast
1st Edition
Published on 26. October 2023
432 pages
978-1-5266-6771-7 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys - there's a new history book in town.
From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask:
- Did the Trojan War actually happen?
- What was the most disastrous party in history?
- Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius?
- How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill's cover?
- Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis?
Whether it is sending historical figures to Casa Amor in a series of Love Island, ranking history's most famous eunuchs and pigeons (including Winkie, the unsung hero of the Second World War), or debating the meaning of greatness, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.
So run your Egyptian milk bath, strap up your best Spartan sandals, and prepare for a journey down the highways and byways of the human past. . .
WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORY
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys - there's a new history book in town.
From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask:
- Did the Trojan War actually happen?
- What was the most disastrous party in history?
- Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius?
- How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill's cover?
- Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis?
Whether it is sending historical figures to Casa Amor in a series of Love Island, ranking history's most famous eunuchs and pigeons (including Winkie, the unsung hero of the Second World War), or debating the meaning of greatness, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.
So run your Egyptian milk bath, strap up your best Spartan sandals, and prepare for a journey down the highways and byways of the human past. . .
WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORY
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Language
English
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London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-6771-7 (9781526667717)
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Persons
Tom Holland is the author of a range of books on ancient and early medieval history. He has translated Herodotus and Suetonius, presented TV documentaries on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the Islamic State, and been described by The Times as 'a leading English cricketer'. Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge, and was an academic at Sheffield before becoming a writer. He is best known for his histories of Britain since the 1950s, most recently Who Dares Wins, as well as a series of history books for younger readers, Adventures in Time. He has presented many documentaries on BBC Two and Radio 4, and is a columnist for The Times and book critic for the Sunday Times.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Top Ten Most Disastrous Parties in History
- Can You Solve the Greatest Murder Mystery in English History?
- How Pigeons Won the War - and Lost the Peace
- How to Make an Eighteenth-Century British Rosbif
- Sparta
- Four Wars and a Funeral: The Making of Winston Churchill
- Does the Loch Ness Monster Exist?
- The Prime Ministers' World Cup
- The Other Watergate Tapes
- Tall Tales and Round Tables: The Long Afterlife of King Arthur
- The Greatest Escape
- Top Ten Eunuchs in History
- What Have the Persians Ever Done For Us?
- Tudor Succession Season Two
- The Vikings Go East
- Historical Love Island: The Interview
- Top Ten 'What Ifs . . .'
- Cowboys, Indians and Idiots: The Wild West
- Eight Reasons Nelson Won the Battle of Trafalgar
- The Rest is Fashion
- Top Ten Theories About Atlantis
- The Mystery of the Somerton Man
- Robin Hood: Men in Rewrites
- Jeremy Thorpe: A Very British Scandal
- Oxford and Orcs: The Making of J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Rise and (Almost) Fall of the Ashanti
- Top Ten Dogs in History
- The White Rose
- Riddle Me Kiss: The Power and the Poetry of a Korean Courtesan
- Crowning Glories - and Disasters
- Battles, Bottoms, Bowlers, Billionaires, Baldwin and Baloney: The Remarkable History of the Canadian Beaver
- Top Ten Mistresses in History
- The World Cup of Kings and Queens: The Awards Season
- What Was So Great About Alfred the Great?
- Rasputin's Autopsy
- Seven Enduring Wonders of the City of Babylon
- Why Conspiracy Theories Go Viral
- The (Movie) Making of Ronald Reagan
- What to Expect When You're Expecting. in Seventeenth-Century Britain
- How Do You Become the Greatest Female Pharaoh of All Time?
- Top Twelve Australian Prime Ministers
- Is the Emperor Nero the Worst Person in History?
- The Ghosts of Christmases Past
- The Rest is History's Walking Tour
- How Does a Seventeenth-Century Cameroonian Slave End Up as a Russian General?
- Why Was Julius Caesar Murdered?
- Last Latin American Emperor Top Trumps
- The Falklands War: The Home Front
- The First Activist Abolitionist
- The Real Da Vinci Code
- The World Cup. of Gods
- Olympics: Ancient and Modern
- What Sort of St Patrick's Day Reveller Are You?
- Top Five French Presidents of the Fifth Republic
- Our Man in San José
- When Did the Roman Empire Actually End?
- History's Most Curious Questions: The Quiz
- History's Most Curious Questions: The Answers
- Acknowledgements
- Index
