An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Evelyn Waugh

2 books referenced

Books by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Referenced in 3 episodes

440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)

April 14, 2024

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Referenced when comparing Byron's Cambridge friend Charles Skinner Matthews to Sebastian Flyte as an example of how homosexuality was known within social circles

300: The Real Downton Abbey

February 02, 2023

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Mentioned in the discussion of how the servant/aristocratic world has been romanticized in British culture, alongside Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey.

65. A Very British Scandal

June 21, 2021

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Referenced when discussing Orberon Waugh, describing his father Evelyn Waugh as 'the Brideshead revisited novelist'

Vile Bodies

Referenced in 1 episode

375. Hitler and the Mitford Sisters

October 04, 2023

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Mentioned (transcribed as 'wild bodies') as being dedicated by Evelyn Waugh to Diana Mitford, illustrating her status as a society beauty and bright young thing.