The Rest is History Returns

An A–Z of Historical Curiosities

Dominic Sandbrook (Historian), Dr Tom Holland

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19 September 2024

True war & combat stories; History; General & world history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Political leaders & leadership; Gift books

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'The world's most successful history podcast . . . Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times

From the podcast legends who brought you The Rest is History comes The Rest is History Returns!

This time Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history’s best and most bizarre moments. Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution, journey through Baghdad to discover the origins of the Arabian Nights and head to Sicily to witness the first face-off between Carthage and Rome.

Along the way you'll find the answers to questions like:

- Who was Jesus’s wife?

- What would it have been like to live-tweet through the eruption of Vesuvius?

- Why did the Romans inspire so much American science fiction?

- Which Mitford sister tried to seduce her girlish crush, Adolf Hitler?

- Who are history's top 10 monkeys?

- Was Henry V’s great-grandfather, Edward III, the biggest ‘lad’ in British history?

But that’s not all – this book also includes puzzles and a pub quiz. So dust off your tricorne hat, grab your lasso and get ready for a rollicking rollercoaster through the past . . .

By: Dominic Sandbrook (Historian), Dr Tom Holland
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781526668646
ISBN 10: 1526668645
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 19 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Holland is the author of a range of books on ancient and early medieval history. He has translated Herodotus and Suetonius, presented TV documentaries on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the Islamic State, and been described by The Times as ‘a leading English cricketer’. Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge, and was an academic at Sheffield before becoming a writer. He is best known for his histories of Britain since the 1950s, most recently Who Dares Wins, as well as a series of history books for younger readers, Adventures in Time. He has presented many documentaries on BBC Two and Radio 4, and is a columnist for The Times and book critic for the Sunday Times.