An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
11. Brexit
December 28, 2020
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Brendan Simms
Context:
Mentioned as a 'great history of the Seven Years' War' that is very long ('about 7,000 pages'). The hosts discuss Simms' argument that Britain's focus was always Europe rather than empire, contrasting with the isolationist narrative they were discussing.
Author: Andrew Roberts
Context:
Described as a novel published in the mid-1990s with a Germanic gothic script title, about 'a plot for a fourth Reich or something like that.' Mentioned in the context of discussing comparisons between the EU and Nazi Germany made by some Brexiteers.