An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
629. WWI: The Christmas Truce
December 25, 2025
Description
Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - really occur, or was it a myth? What is the real...
Books Referenced
Tarka the Otter
Author: Henry Williamson
Context:
Mentioned as a nature classic written by Henry Williamson, who was a soldier that experienced the Christmas Truce, published about a decade after the First World War and never out of print since then.
Goodbye to All That
Author: Robert Graves
Context:
Described as probably the most famous First World War memoir written by Robert Graves, who also wrote a fictional short story about football during the Christmas Truce that has been mistaken for a real account.