An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

465. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Killer (Part 1)

June 30, 2024

Description

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to one of the world’s greatest empires, in June 1914, set in motion a series of events that would culminate in the First World War, where more...
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Books Referenced

The Sleepwalkers

Author: Christopher Clark

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'his book' when discussing First World War statistics - '65 million men were mobilized in the First World War, 20 million people died' - and noted that they will be talking about it a lot in subsequent episodes about WWI

The Trigger

Author: Tim Butcher

Context:

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

The Road to Sarajevo

Author: Vladimir Dedier

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'his book' when discussing a story about Princip arriving in Sarajevo and refusing to stay at a Muslim innkeeper's guest house. Dedier was a Yugoslav author who tried to collate stories about Princip after World War II