The Rest Is History
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The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They question the nature of Greatness, why the West no longer has civil wars and whether Richard Nixon was more like Caligula or Claudius. They're distilling the entirety of human history, or, as much as they can fit into about fifty minutes. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Here are some of our favourite episodes to get you started: WATERGATE/NIXON apple.co/3JrVl5h ALEXANDER THE GREAT apple.co/3Q4FaNk HARDCORE HISTORY'S DAN CARLIN apple.co/3vqkGa3 PUTIN & RUSSIA apple.co/3zMtLfX
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By 1809, Lord Byron found himself untethered and debt-ridden. Disenchanted with politics, frustrated by his literary career and haunted by his illicit homosexuality, he abandoned an oppressive England and set out upon his legendary Eastern adventure. First plunging into a Europe torn asunder by the exploits of his hero, Napoleon Bonaparte, Byron decried the imperialist militarism of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, he delighted in the danger and excitement of his travels, absorbing and subsuming the cultures he encountered, and exploring a predilection for transvestism. From Portugal and the Peninsula War, Byron travelled to Albania where he fascinated the infamous Ali Pasha, and then later charmed the Sultan of Constantinople. In Greece, he found a land of exotic romanticism where his growing sense of destiny took root in the Greek’s fight for liberty. At last, in 1811 Byron returned to England and published his poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Almost overnight he became the most famous man in London. Byromania had engulfed the nation… Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss Lord Byron’s remarkable travels abroad - his encounters with some of the most famous men of the age, his confrontations with danger and destiny, and his untethered eroticism… *The Rest Is History LIVE in 2024* Tom and Dominic are back onstage this summer, at Hampton Court Palace in London! Buy your tickets here: therestishistory.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Previous episodes
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473 - 441. Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2) Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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472 - 440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1) Sun, 14 Apr 2024
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471 - 439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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470 - 438. The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks Sun, 07 Apr 2024
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469 - 437. Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5) Wed, 03 Apr 2024
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468 - 436. Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4) Mon, 01 Apr 2024
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467 - 435. Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3) Sun, 31 Mar 2024
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466 - 434. Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2) Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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465 - 433. Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1) Mon, 25 Mar 2024
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464 - 432. Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6) Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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463 - 431. Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5) Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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462 - 430. Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4) Mon, 18 Mar 2024
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461 - 429. Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3) Thu, 14 Mar 2024
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460 - 428. Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2) Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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459 - 427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1) Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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458 - 426. History's Greatest Monkeys Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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457 - 425. The History Of Chocolate Mon, 04 Mar 2024
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456 - 424. Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4) Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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455 - 423. Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3) Mon, 26 Feb 2024
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454 - 422. Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2) Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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453 - 421. Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1) Mon, 19 Feb 2024
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452 - 420. Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4) Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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451 - 419. Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3) Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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450 - 418. Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2) Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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449 - 417. Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1) Mon, 12 Feb 2024
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448 - 416. The Canterbury Tales (Part 4) Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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447 - 415. The Murder of Richard II (Part 3) Mon, 05 Feb 2024
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446 - 414. The Peasants’ Revolt: London’s Burning (Part 2) Thu, 01 Feb 2024
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445 - 413. The Peasants' Revolt: England Erupts (Part 1) Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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444 - 412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond... Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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443 - 411. The Man in the Iron Mask Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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442 - 410. The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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441 - 409. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's War on the Jews Tue, 16 Jan 2024
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440 - 408. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's Dream Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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439 - 407. The Nazis in Power: The Conquest of Austria Thu, 11 Jan 2024
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438 - 406. The Nazis in Power: Hitler’s Road to War Mon, 08 Jan 2024
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437 - 405. The Nazis in Power: The Nuremberg Rallies Thu, 04 Jan 2024
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436 - 404. The Nazis in Power: The Night of the Long Knives Mon, 01 Jan 2024
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435 - 403. The Mystery of the Pregnant Pope Thu, 28 Dec 2023
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434 - 402. Christmas: Pagan or Christian? Mon, 25 Dec 2023
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433 - 401. Windrush: The Story of Black Britain Thu, 21 Dec 2023
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432 - 400. Victorian Britain's Maddest Mystery Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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431 - Introducing... The Rest Is Entertainment Fri, 15 Dec 2023
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430 - 399. The Savage Storm: World War II and The Battle for Italy Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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429 - 398. JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7) Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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428 - 397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6) Thu, 07 Dec 2023
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427 - 396. JFK: The Second Assassin Strikes (Part 5) Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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426 - 395. JFK: Hunt for a Killer (Part 4) Mon, 04 Dec 2023
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425 - 394. JFK: Death in Dallas (Part 3) Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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424 - 393. JFK: Cuba, Camelot and the Cold War (Part 2) Tue, 28 Nov 2023