An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Andrew Roberts

5 books referenced

Books by Andrew Roberts

Napoleon: A Life

Referenced in 2 episodes

383. Young Napoleon: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 2)

November 02, 2023

Context:

Referenced multiple times throughout the episode. First mentioned as someone 'who love[s] Napoleon,' then cited directly regarding Josephine's possible PTSD ('Andrew Roberts says he thinks she was suffering... post-traumatic stress disorder'), and again when discussing intimate details ('Andrew Roberts discusses, says he doesn't know what it is, which is called the zigzags'). These references are to Roberts' Napoleon biography.

382. Young Napoleon: Teenage Revolutionary (Part 1)

October 30, 2023

Context:

Explicitly referenced as 'Andrew Roberts in his biography' when discussing the detail about Napoleon noting Saint Helena in his school exercise book. This is Roberts' Napoleon biography.

George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch

Referenced in 1 episode

348: The Boston Tea Party (Part 2)

July 06, 2023

Context:

Referenced as 'his biography of George III, which came out about, what, a year ago, two years ago' when discussing the point that had George III actually been a tyrant, he would have won the war.

Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Referenced in 1 episode

239: Young Churchill: Born to Lead (Part 1)

October 03, 2022

Context:

Referenced multiple times as 'Andrew Roberts' biography' - described as the most recent biography of Churchill, discussing the theme of Churchill's sense of destiny

The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

Referenced in 1 episode

190. Jubilees

May 30, 2022

Context:

A biography of George III mentioned as 'Andrew Roberts' biography that came out last year' - discussed in relation to theories about George III's madness, specifically rejecting the porphyria thesis

The Aachen Memorandum

Referenced in 1 episode

11. Brexit

December 28, 2020

Context:

Described as a novel published in the mid-1990s with a Germanic gothic script title, about 'a plot for a fourth Reich or something like that.' Mentioned in the context of discussing comparisons between the EU and Nazi Germany made by some Brexiteers.