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The Rest Is History

By: Goalhanger Podcasts, Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
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About this listen

 Bloomsbury presents The Rest is History by The Rest is History, read by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.

'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent
'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times

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…

- What was the most disastrous party in history?
- How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill’s cover?
- Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from the people of Atlantis?
- What made Alfred the Great so great?

From a British political leader who allegedly plotted to feed his lover to alligators, to a Brazilian emperor whose subjects mistook him for a banana, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.©2023 Goalhanger Podcasts (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 20th Century Military Modern Funny War Witty Thought-Provoking Ancient Greece Winston Churchill Ancient History

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Some truly magnificent impressions. This has to be so much better than reading the book.
It’s the podcast on steroids!

The guys in full technicolour

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Just as funny, educational and entertaining as the superb podcast, I loved this. A really interesting collection of historical subjects from around the world, very well read and the Da Vinci Code as written by renowned historian Dominic Sandbrook is one of the funniest things I've heard in a while. Can't wait for the next one (please!)

Absolutely brilliant

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Great chunks are directly taken from the Podcast.
Save the credit , not worth it.

Same as Podcast but without debate

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I’m a massive fan of the podcast so it was pretty obvious I’d enjoy this. The Real Da Vinci Code is the funniest chapter in an audiobook I’ve ever listened to.

A tour de force

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If you like history and wanted to stay entertained theses guys are the very best!

Best in the business

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