An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
A.J.P. Taylor
3 books referenced
Books by A.J.P. Taylor
Referenced in 1 episode
July 16, 2025
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A history of the interwar period in which Taylor discusses Harold Davidson. The hosts quote Taylor saying Davidson 'offered a great parable of the age of the interwar years' and that Davidson 'attracted more attention than, say, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury.'
Referenced in 1 episode
January 13, 2025
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Referenced when discussing Taylor's controversial argument that Hitler was just a conventional German nationalist, which the hosts disagree with. Published in the 1960s.
Referenced in 1 episode
November 12, 2021
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Referenced for a famous footnote describing George V, including the detail that he 'creased his trousers at the sides rather than front and back'