An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Walter Scott

3 books referenced

Books by Walter Scott

Guy Mannering

Referenced in 1 episode

323: History's Greatest Dogs

April 20, 2023

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Mentioned as the source of the name 'Dandy Dinmont' - a character from this Walter Scott novel that the dog breed is named after

Ivanhoe

Referenced in 5 episodes

204. Gone with the Wind

July 07, 2022

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Referenced when discussing the Southern self-image and Lost Cause mythology. Dominic describes the romantic Southern imagery as 'Cod Walter Scott, Ivanhoe stuff' - referring to how the South fashioned itself after romantic medieval notions of chivalry from Scott's novels.

192. Robin Hood

June 06, 2022

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Described as 'probably the key fictional work that helps to generate the myth.' Referenced for introducing the archery contest with splitting the arrow, and the rivalry between Anglo-Saxons and Normans.

53. Game of Thrones

May 17, 2021

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Listed alongside Lord of the Rings as part of a continuum of Victorian historical evocations of the Middle Ages that influenced how people think about the medieval past

44. 1066

April 19, 2021

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Referenced in discussion about the idea of division between Normans and English, and how this mythology influenced perceptions of class in England

14. Historical Fiction

January 11, 2021

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Described as influential for establishing idea of medieval England as Saxons vs Normans

Waverley

Referenced in 1 episode

14. Historical Fiction

January 11, 2021

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Described as classically the first historical novel, set in Jacobite period, chosen as book to survive apocalypse