The Rest Is History Audiobook Libro.fm

This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie the Wars of the Roses to Watergatewith a unique blend of wit wisdom and good oldfashioned 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 tiein book brings the charttopping podcasts charms to the page offering readers a fresh wideranging tour of humanitys essential and essentially weird moments including
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 Churchills 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 pastfrom modern to ancient and every time in betweenis 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