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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148. The Vikings Go East
42 min
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147. Disease, the New World and modern pandemics
36 min
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146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
36 min
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145. Babylon
56 min
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144. The Trial of Charles I Part 2
41 min
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143. The Trial of Charles I Part 1
52 min
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142. General Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum
54 min
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141. General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero
38 min
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140. The Birth of the Railways
53 min
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139. The Princes in the Tower Part 2
54 min
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138. The Princes in the Tower Part 1
46 min
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137. 1922: The Birth of the Modern World Part 2
60 min
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136. 1922: The Birth of the Modern World Part 1
51 min
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135. Crossing the Rubicon: The die is cast
34 min
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134. Crossing the Rubicon: The rise of Julius C...
36 min
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12 Days: Alfred the Great and Pepys' 'Fanatiques'
27 min
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12 Days: Death of Edward the Confessor and the ...
27 min
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12 Days: Solomon Northup and Albert Camus
24 min
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12 Days: Martin Luther and J.R.R. Tolkien
22 min
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12 Days: Reconquest of Spain and the Old Queen ...
27 min
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12 Days: Nero's succession and the fall of the ...
28 min
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12 Days: Jean-Bédel Bokassa and the memory of p...
24 min
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12 Days: The Battle of Wakefield and Emperor Ka...
27 min
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12 Days: The Murder of Thomas Becket and the Wo...
35 min
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12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay ...
21 min