An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Various
2 books referenced
Books by Various
Referenced in 2 episodes
May 11, 2025
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Referenced multiple times as a book Charles XII read daily, spending an hour each morning discussing it with a bishop and reading from it every night
September 07, 2021
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Referenced in discussion about the first generation of people learning to read, noting that 'obviously people got like very enthusiastic about the Bible' and 'they went off and, you know, wars and like all this stuff to follow'
Referenced in 1 episode
March 29, 2022
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Described as 'a wonderful collection of essays by Britain's writers' done 'in the imitation of one from the Spanish Civil War' - a collection featuring contributions from writers like Polly Toynbee, Margaret Drabble, Salman Rushdie, and Jilly Cooper expressing views on the Falklands War