An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Episodes Referencing This Book
July 07, 2024
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Referenced when discussing the Baedeker guide to the Empire of 1905, which noted that in some areas people drove on the right and some on the left. The hosts mention they've been citing this book a lot throughout their series.
July 03, 2024
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Described as 'Tim Butcher's brilliant book' which advances the case that the assassination plot originated with Princip himself rather than being directed by outside forces.
June 30, 2024
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Described as 'a brilliant book' that both hosts have read. Tim Butcher was a war correspondent in Sarajevo during the civil wars and later retraced Gavrilo Princip's footsteps from his remote birthplace to Sarajevo to Belgrade. Referenced multiple times for detective work on Princip's school reports and family history