An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
12 Days: Death of Edward the Confessor and the Dreyfus Affair
January 05, 2022
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Robert Harris
Context:
Discussed as a novel about the Dreyfus affair. The hosts praise it highly, saying 'it's amazing because you know exactly what's going to happen, and you keep telling pages to find out what's going to happen' and one host calls it 'actually his best novel.'
Author: Marcel Proust
Context:
Referenced when discussing how the Dreyfus affair is portrayed in Proust's work. One host says 'It's very good in Proust' and describes it as 'a portrait of French society in this period' that is 'incomparable.' This refers to Proust's famous novel sequence 'In Search of Lost Time' though the title is not explicitly stated.