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.'

Fouché

Referenced in 1 episode

57. Paris

May 27, 2021

Context:

Agnes Poirier mentions 'a fantastic portrait of Fouché' by 'Stephen Schweick' (Stefan Zweig), describing it as 'the most remarkable book about, in a way, the first French policeman' in discussion of Paris's murky police history