The Rest Is History: From Ancient Rome to Ronald Reagan—History's Most Curious Questions, Answered

by Goalhanger Podcasts

This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate--with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter
 
The Rest Is History podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, covering everything from the Trojan War to a historical ranking of the greatest dogs. Now, this official tie-in book brings the chart-topping podcast’s charms to the page, offering readers a fresh, wide-ranging tour of humanity’s essential, and essentially weird, moments,
- Did the Trojan War actually happen?
- What was the most disastrous party in history?
- Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius?
- How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill’s cover?
- Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis?

Featuring an introduction from podcast hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, this book cleverly demonstrates that the past—from modern to ancient and every time in between—is both closer to us than we might realize and bafflingly strange, all at once. So run your Egyptian milk bath, strap up your best Spartan sandals, and prepare for a journey down the highways and byways of the human past.

Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2023

Reviews

[Katelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

some chapters were cool as where the facts… others not as much
would recommend to anyone who wants to be the life of the party with fun facts

[Dave Seiler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok book. Good to have on the nightstand to read a chapter before going to sleep. It’s heavy on the British history so it was different than similar American history focused books.
In places it reminded me of The Book of Lists from the 1970s.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

This had way more misses than wins for me.

[Eva Kosak · Rating 2 out of 5]

Žal sem šele proti koncu sem ugotovila, da ni tako zelo duhovito. Mogoče sem pa samo prestara ali napačnega spola za humor v obliki spekulativnih scenarijev po vzoru slolvenskih klasikov.