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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374. The Battle of Cable Street: Fascism Defeated
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373. Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader
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372. The Birth of British Fascism
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371. The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power (Part 2)
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370. The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (Part 1)
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PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age (Extract)
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369. The Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
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368. The History Behind Hogwarts: Ancient Schools and Revolting Students
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367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies
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366. The Architect of Modern China
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365. Le Marquis de Sade: Sex and Violence
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364. Sixties Fashion: Swinging London (Part 2)
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363. Sixties Fashion: The Teenage Revolution (Part 1)
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362. The Taj Mahal: Love and Death
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361. The Lost Library of Alexandria
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360. Fear City: New York in the 1970s
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359: Martin Luther King's Dream
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358: Viking Sorcery
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357: Historical Love Island: The Sequel
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356: The Blood-Drinking Bride of Christ
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355: Roman Apocalypse: Pompeii 79 AD
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354: Paris 1968: The Return of De Gaulle (Part 2)
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353: Paris 1968: The Students' Revolt (Part 1)
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352: Amsterdam: Kings, Canals, and Coffee Houses (Part 2)
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351: Amsterdam: Miracles, Money, and Mud (Part 1)
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350: The Triumph of George Washington (Part 4)
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349: The Birth of the United States (Part 3)
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348: The Boston Tea Party (Part 2)
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347: The American Revolution (Part 1)
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346: The Mystery of the Holy Grail (Part 2)
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345: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Part 1)
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344: Oppenheimer: The Witch Hunt (Part 2)
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343: Oppenheimer: The Father of the Atom Bomb (Part 1)
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342: The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Downfall and Prison (Part 2)
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341: The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Sex and Scandal (Part 1)
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340: Hadrian and Antinous
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339: Ireland: The Easter Rising, 1916 (Part 4)
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338: Ireland: Home Rule, Mutiny - and Civil War? (Part 3)
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337: Ireland: Union, Famine and Parnell (Part 2)
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336: Ireland: Celts, Conquest and Cromwell (Part 1)
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335: The Freemasons: History's Greatest Conspiracy Theory
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334: Athens and the Birth of Democracy
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333: The Republic of Britain: Life under Cromwell
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332: King Solomon's Mines
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331: American Witches
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330: Herodotus: The Birth of History
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329: Coronations: Chaos, Ceremony and Empire (Part 3)
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328: Coronations: Sex, Holy Oil and Civil War (Part 2)
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327: Coronations: The Deep History (Part 1)
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326: The Year of Revolutions: 1848
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