An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Malcolm Pryce

5 books referenced

Books by Malcolm Pryce

Last Tango in Aberystwyth

Referenced in 4 episodes

573. The Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (Part 2)

June 11, 2025

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Referenced when Tom compares appearing in a Botticelli painting to their appearance in Malcolm Price's work. Tom says 'And you know what this reminds me of? Our appearance as donkeys in Malcolm Price's novel. The Welsh noir novels of Malcolm Price.' These are described as Welsh noir novels in which Tom and Dominic appear as characters (donkeys).

290: 2022: A History

December 29, 2022

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Recommended by Dominic as a series of detective novels that cast Aberystwyth as the equivalent of Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, described as 'very surreal, very funny'

275: Argentina: The Welsh Colony

December 07, 2022

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One of a series of Welsh Noir novels recommended by the hosts, set in a parallel Wales where the Patagonian settlement became a much bigger deal

172. The Falklands War: Afterlife (Part 4)

April 04, 2022

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Mentioned as another book in Malcolm Price's series of noir fiction set in Aberystwyth, Wales.

Aberystwyth Mon Amour

Referenced in 1 episode

275: Argentina: The Welsh Colony

December 07, 2022

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Part of the Malcolm Price Welsh Noir novel series set in a parallel Wales with an alternate Patagonian history

The Day Aberystwyth Stood Still

Referenced in 1 episode

275: Argentina: The Welsh Colony

December 07, 2022

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Part of the Malcolm Price Welsh Noir novel series set in a parallel Wales with an alternate Patagonian history

From Aberystwyth with Love

Referenced in 1 episode

275: Argentina: The Welsh Colony

December 07, 2022

Context:

Part of the Malcolm Price Welsh Noir novel series set in a parallel Wales with an alternate Patagonian history

Aberystwyth, Mon Amour

Referenced in 1 episode

172. The Falklands War: Afterlife (Part 4)

April 04, 2022

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Dominic recommends this as the first in a series of noir fiction books set in Aberystwyth, Wales, in a parallel universe where Wales had a colony where Argentina was Welsh. Mentioned during a tangent about Welsh colonization.