An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

209. Londinium (Part 1)

July 18, 2022

Description

Welcome to the first episode in our new mini-series: LONDON WEEK. From Monday to Friday we'll release an episode daily. Today's 'Londinium' and Thursday's 'Haunted London' are live episodes we...
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Books Referenced

Heart of Darkness

Author: Joseph Conrad

Context:

Explicitly quoted at the beginning of the episode, with the passage where Marlowe imagines the feelings of a Roman posted to Britain, looking at the Thames estuary as a place of savagery

Annals

Author: Tacitus

Context:

Referenced as a documentary source for Boudicca's revolt - 'what you get in Tacitus, a report of Boudicca's revolt that she incinerates London.' This refers to Tacitus's historical writings (likely the Annals)

A Survey of London

Author: John Stowe

Context:

Referenced as 'the great Elizabethan antiquary' who wrote about the London Stone, quoted as saying 'the cause why this stone was set there, the time when, or other memory hereof, is none.' This refers to his antiquarian writings about London (likely A Survey of London)