An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Various

2 books referenced

Books by Various

The Bible

Referenced in 2 episodes

564. The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (Part 1)

May 11, 2025

Context:

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

94. Silicon Valley Part 2

September 07, 2021

Context:

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'

Authors Take Sides on the Falklands

Referenced in 1 episode

170. The Falklands War: The Task Force Sails (Part 2)

March 29, 2022

Context:

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