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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522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)
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521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)
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520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)
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519. The World's First City
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518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)
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517. Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4)
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516. Nelson: God of War (Part 3)
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515. Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2)
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514. Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1)
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513. America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)
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512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)
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511. America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4)
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510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)
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509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
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508. America in '68: Nightmare in Vietnam (Part 1)
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507. The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5)
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506. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)
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505. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)
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504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)
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503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)
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502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)
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501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3)
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500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)
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499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)
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498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)
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497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)
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496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)
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495. Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2)
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494. Evita: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)
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493. Lee Miller: Exposing the Horrors of World War Two
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492. The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)
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491. History's Greatest Beards: From Egyptian Queens to Medieval Conquerors (Par...
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490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4)
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489. Hundred Years' War: Bloodbath at Agincourt (Part 3)
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488. Hundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)
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487. Hundred Years' War: Henry V’s Invasion of France (Part 1)
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486. Henry IV: Warrior Princes and Fat Knights (Part 2)
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485. Henry IV: The Usurper King (Part 1)
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484. The Food that Changed the World
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483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man
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482. The French Revolution: The Royal Family Escapes (Part 8)
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481. The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)
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480. The French Revolution: The Rights of Man (Part 6)
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479. The French Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille (Part 5)
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478. The French Revolution: Showdown in Versailles (Part 4)
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477. The French Revolution: The Violence Begins (Part 3)
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476. The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (Part 2)
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475. The French Revolution: Marie Antoinette (Part 1)
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474. The Road to The Great War: The Lights Go Out (Part 6)
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473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)
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