An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Stefan Zweig
2 books referenced
Books by Stefan Zweig
The World of Yesterday
Referenced in 2 episodes
469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
July 14, 2024
Context:
Quoted at the beginning of the episode to describe the atmosphere at the outbreak of WWI. The hosts explicitly identify it as written by Zweig in 1942 about the outbreak of the First World War.
468. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Crime (Part 4)
July 10, 2024
Context:
The hosts read a passage from Zweig's memoir describing the afternoon of June 28, 1914, when news of the assassination reached him in a park in Baden. They describe it as 'his wonderful book, which gives a portrait of the world that was destroyed, the pre-1914 world.'