The Rest Is History

Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook.


Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi conquest of Europe, and Hitler’s evil master plan for world domination, to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, or the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Tom and Dominic bring the past to life with gripping storytelling and expert analysis, as they unpack the high-drama moments that shaped our world.


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History
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160. The Fall of the Soviet Union
28 min
452
159. Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union
32 min
453
158. Killer Fashion
53 min
454
157. Byzantium and the Ghosts of Rome
45 min
455
156. When did the Roman Empire fall?
50 min
456
155. Ukraine and Russia
73 min
457
154. The Most Disastrous Party in History
60 min
458
153. God and the American Empire
26 min
459
152. American Crusades
42 min
460
151. Valentine's Day
51 min
461
Real Dictators: Adolf Hitler's Day In Court
48 min
462
150. Smuggling
66 min
463
149. The Birth of Russia
47 min
464
148. The Vikings Go East
42 min
465
147. Disease, the New World and modern pandemics
36 min
466
146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
36 min
467
145. Babylon
56 min
468
144. The Trial of Charles I Part 2
41 min
469
143. The Trial of Charles I Part 1
52 min
470
142. General Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum
54 min
471
141. General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero
38 min
472
140. The Birth of the Railways
53 min
473
139. The Princes in the Tower Part 2
54 min
474
138. The Princes in the Tower Part 1
46 min
475
137. 1922: The Birth of the Modern World Part 2
60 min