An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

206. Historical Love Island

July 11, 2022

Description

The Love Island phenomenon is sweeping the nation, so Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Tom's daughter, Katy Holland, to play their part in creating a ‘villa’ made up of historical...
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Books Referenced

The Three Musketeers

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Context:

Mentioned when discussing Lola Montez's affairs in Paris - she had an affair with Alexandre Dumas 'who writes The Three Musketeers'

The Secret History

Author: Procopius

Context:

Described as 'one of the raciest and most incendiary biographies ever written' about Empress Theodora by a courtier named Procopius who had fallen out with the imperial couple

A Scandal in Bohemia

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

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Referenced as the Sherlock Holmes story for which Lola Montez was 'probably the model for Irene Adler'

Royal Flash

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

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Mentioned as part of the Flashman series, noting that 'Flashman has an affair with her [Lola Montez] in Royal Flash'

Mrs Dalloway

Author: Virginia Woolf

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Listed as one of Virginia Woolf's works when introducing her as a potential Love Island contestant - 'author of Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and so on'

To the Lighthouse

Author: Virginia Woolf

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Listed alongside Mrs Dalloway as one of Virginia Woolf's works when introducing her as a potential Love Island contestant