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The primary subject of the podcast episode. Discussed extensively as a novel published in 1936 that became a massive bestseller and was later adapted into the famous 1939 film. Margaret Mitchell based the character Scarlett O'Hara on her grandmother.

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Mentioned by Tom Holland as one of 'two great literary bookends that surround the history of the Civil War in America and its aftermath' alongside Gone with the Wind.

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The guest Sarah Churchwell's new book, which is the reason for her appearance on the podcast. The book examines Gone with the Wind and its relationship to American myths about slavery and the Civil War.

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Referenced when discussing the Southern self-image and Lost Cause mythology. Dominic describes the romantic Southern imagery as 'Cod Walter Scott, Ivanhoe stuff' - referring to how the South fashioned itself after romantic medieval notions of chivalry from Scott's novels.