"Based on the brilliant podcast, these entertaining nuggets of history cover centuries of curious topics, from the most disastrous parties in history, to the remarkable history of the Canadian beaver."
Setting out to answer history’s most curious questions, The Rest is History by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook is every bit as entertaining, engaging and erudite as the super-successful podcast it’s based on.
As Dom explains in his intro, “This isn’t, I suppose, your typical history book. In the pages that follow, you’ll read about a British political leader who plotted to feed his lover to alligators, a Prussian general who died in mid-pirouette in a ballerina’s tutu, a Brazilian emperor whose subjects mistook him for a banana and a French president whose amorous exploits earned him the nickname ‘Mr Three Minutes, shower included”. Such is the splendid diversity of subjects tackled with verve in the 400+ pages of this un-put-down-able book.
From asking readers, “Can You Solve the Greatest Murder Mystery in English History?”, to sharing “How to Make an Eighteenth-Century British Rosbif”, with intermittent top ten rundowns ranging from the “Top 10 Most Disastrous Parties in History” to the “Top 10 Dogs in History”, this is brilliantly witty, and lucid with it.
In fact, rarely has history been so inventively addressed in bite-sized chunks that’ll have you coming back to chomp more. A great gift for history buffs and perfect for dipping into, The Rest is History also has the power to stop you in your tracks to share newfound nuggets of wisdom with your nearest and dearest. In short, this is history, but not as you know it!
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*Now with a fun pub quiz* 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.
The Rest is History features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Recommendations, Biographies & Autobiographies, History, General and world history, Ancient history, European history, Social and cultural history, Film, television, radio genres: Comedy and humour, European history: medieval period, middle ages, True war and combat stories, The Arts, Performing arts, Film, television, radio and performing arts genres, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, True stories: general, History and Archaeology, History: specific events and topics
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The Rest is History was written by Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook and published by Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Rest is History has 448 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
