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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472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)
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471. The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (Part 3)
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470. The Road to The Great War: The Kaiser’s Blank Cheque (Part 2)
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469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
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468. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Crime (Part 4)
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467. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Victim (Part 3)
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466. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Conspiracy (Part 2)
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465. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Killer (Part 1)
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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Extract)
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464. Modern British Elections (Part 2)
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463. Mad Elections (Part 1)
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462. St George: Dragon-Slayer
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461. Dragons
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Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (Extract)
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460. The Empress of the Apocalypse
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459. The Suit, Savile Row, and Smartly Dressed Men
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458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)
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457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)
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456. Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)
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455. Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)
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454. Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)
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453. Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)
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452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
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451. Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
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450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
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449. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)
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448. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
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447. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
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446. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
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445. The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
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444. The First Emperor of China
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443. Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
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442. Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
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441. Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)
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440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)
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439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
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438. The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks
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437. Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)
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436. Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)
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435. Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)
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434. Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)
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433. Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1)
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432. Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)
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431. Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)
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430. Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)
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429. Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)
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428. Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)
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427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)
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426. History's Greatest Monkeys
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425. The History Of Chocolate
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