The Rest Is History Returns
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The Rest Is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities (2024) reunites historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook for another spirited journey through the stranger byways of the human past. Arranged alphabetically, this lively miscellany ranges from the American Revolution to the origins of The Arabian Nights, and from the ancient rivalry between Carthage and Rome to the extraordinary individuals whose lives have shaped history. Along the way, the authors investigate unexpected questions, challenge familiar assumptions and uncover episodes that are as revealing as they are entertaining.
Combining Holland’s expertise in the ancient and medieval worlds with Sandbrook’s gift for modern historical storytelling, the book brings scholarly knowledge to subjects both momentous and delightfully obscure. Its conversational wit and appetite for historical oddities reflect the success of their acclaimed podcast, while its eclectic structure encourages readers to wander freely across centuries and civilisations. For anyone who delights in the unexpected connections between people, ideas and events, this is history at its most curious, irreverent and human.
From the book
“Was Henry V’s great-grandfather, Edward III, the biggest lad in British history?”
— Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, The Rest Is History Returns
On The Rest Is History Returns
“Holland and Sandbrook have reached a peak of listenability at which you’d happily hear them chortle through a history of paperclips or phonebooks.”
— Jasper Rees, The Telegraph