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 bring the past to life with gripping storytelling and expert analysis, as they un...
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571. Hannibal: Roman Bloodbath at Cannae (Part 4)
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570. Hannibal: The Invasion of Italy (Part 3)
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569. Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2)
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568. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (Part 1)
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567. The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4)
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566. The Great Northern War: Slaughter on the Steppes (Part 3)
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565. The Great Northern War: Revenge of the Cossacks (Part 2)
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564. The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (Part 1)
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563. Peter the Great: Bloodbath in the Kremlin (Part 2)
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562. Peter the Great: The Rise of Russia (Part 1)
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561. The Golden Age of Japan: Secrets of the Imperial Court (Part 2)
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560. The Golden Age of Japan: Lady Murasaki and the Shining Prince (Part 1)
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559. The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2)
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558. The Rolling Stones: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Part 1)
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557. 1066: The Norman Conquest (Part 4)
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556. 1066: The Battle of Hastings (Part 3)
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555. 1066: Slaughter at Stamford Bridge (Part 2)
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554. 1066: The Shadows of War (Part 1)
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553. The Last Viking: Warrior of the New Rome (Part 2)
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552. The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrada (Part 1)
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551. The Road to 1066: Countdown to Conquest (Part 4)
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550. The Road to 1066: Rise of the Normans (Part 3)
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549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
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548. The Road to 1066: Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse (Part 1)
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547. The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (Part 4)
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546. The French Revolution: The Monarchy Falls (Part 3)
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545. The French Revolution: The First Feminist (Part 2)
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544. The French Revolution: The September Massacres (Part 1)
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543. Death in the Amazon: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
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542. Elizabeth I’s Sorcerer: Angels and Demons in Renaissance Europe
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541. Heart of Darkness: Fear and Loathing in the Congo
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540. Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3)
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539. Horror in the Congo: The Crimes of Empire (Part 2)
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538. Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1)
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537. Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4)
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536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)
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535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)
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534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)
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Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…
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533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis
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532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)
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531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)
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530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
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529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)
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528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)
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527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
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526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
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525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)
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524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)
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523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)
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