Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Extract)
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the re-release of Dynasty in audiobook, now with Tom Holland himself narrating, we ...
464. Modern British Elections (Part 2)
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the turn of the 20th century, election campaigns - though still replete with politicians behavi...
463. Mad Elections (Part 1)
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Good God I am shot! I shall die!" The colourful kaleidoscope of British elections from 1265 to thei...
462. St George: Dragon-Slayer
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The image of Saint George astride his horse, sword and spear in hand, slaying a dragon, is one of th...
461. Dragons
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"When dragons flew to war… everything burned. I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone...
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (Extract)
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the re-release of Rubicon in audiobook, now with Tom Holland himself narrating it, ...
460. The Empress of the Apocalypse
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 972AD a princess of the Byzantine Empire was sent by her uncle, the Roman emperor in Constantinop...
459. The Suit, Savile Row, and Smartly Dressed Men
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"His clothes seemed to melt into each other with the perfection of their cut and the quiet harmony o...
458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1870 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann - a man of remarkable energy, desperately fasci...
457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Helen of Troy, her remarkable birth and her infamous love affair with Paris, the Trojan...
456. Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I will bury my heart, at Wounded Knee" With Native American culture in free fall in the years follo...
455. Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following the tragic death of Crazy Horse and the ruthless cessation of the Sioux way of life, the l...
454. Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Though the Battle of the Little Bighorn seemed for the triumphant Lakota and their allies - the larg...
453. Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happened between the moment that George A. Custer dispatched a trumpeter with his famous final ...
452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“You and I are going home today, and by a trail that is strange to us both…” The Battle of The...
451. Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. was cast into a spiralling panic following the economic depression of 1873, and waves of pa...
450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the barbaric Washita River massacre, George Custer found himself drifting; addicted t...
449. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"What would you do if your home was attacked? You would stand up like a brave man and defend it. Tha...
448. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the great characters entangled in the story of George A. Custer and the American Indian Wars...
447. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the American Civil War coming to a close in April 1865, George Custer, cavalry commander in the...
446. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Come on, you Wolverines!” The story of the American Indian Wars of 1862-68 is an enthralling ta...
445. The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Habsburg dynasty's mightiest ruler, was at once King of Spain,...
444. The First Emperor of China
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided….” The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi ...
443. Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had ...
442. Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good God I am surely in hell! Upon Lord Byron’s return to England and the publication of Childe ...
441. Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By 1809, Lord Byron found himself untethered and debt-ridden. Disenchanted with politics, frustrated...
440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Few lives from history can have contained as many strange and exciting strands as that of Lord Byron...
439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Music for sex, dancing, and watching the straight world go by… The explosion of Disco provides a...
438. The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, ...
437. Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I think there is not a devil left in hell, they have all gone into the peasants… smite, stab an...
436. Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I cannot and will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.…Her...
435. Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years on from Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses - a shocking attack on t...
434. Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Luther is one of the few people to have genuinely changed the world, igniting a religious rev...
433. Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1)
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Reformation, launched in 1517, stands as one of the most convulsive and transformative events of...
432. Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Then it is I drown again, with all those dim lost faces I never understood… Include me in your la...
431. Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“A story of horror unparalleled in the annals of the Sea.” On the 14th of April 1912, Titanic, a...
430. Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is Sunday the 14th of April 1912, and the passengers of the Titanic, from the tycoons in first cl...
429. Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The drama and tragedy of the Titanic’s sinking has spawned all manner of myths about those who lef...
428. Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Titanic was a product of the furious competition of the late Gilded Age, and no expenses were sp...
427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience wil...
426. History's Greatest Monkeys
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble, ...
425. The History Of Chocolate
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘For if a person fatigued with long and hard labour, or with a violent agitation of the mind, take...
424. Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4)
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third century BC, a clash which had been brewing for centuries finally erupted: Rome, the rut...
423. Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3)
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Every man is the architect of his own destiny” Long before Rome reigned over the Mediterranean,...
422. Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2)
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“An aristocratic republic, secret and well-ordered, where individuals are subject to the harsh law...
421. Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1)
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Carthago delenda est.” Carthage must be destroyed: this was the rallying cry of Cato the Elder,...
420. Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4)
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The horrific Guildford Pub Bombings of Saturday 5th October 1974 sent shockwaves through Britain, wo...
419. Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3)
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following a tumultuous election in February 1974, Labour’s Harold Wilson has been re-elected Prime...
418. Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2)
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three days after one of the most devastating IRA attacks launched upon British soil, the Conservativ...
417. Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1)
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Who governs Britain?” Britain in the early 1970’s was a state in crisis, and by 1974, things ...
416. The Canterbury Tales (Part 4)
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geoffrey Chaucer stands as a founding father of English literature, and ‘The Canterbury Tales’ i...
415. The Murder of Richard II (Part 3)
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“For within the hollow crown that rounds the hollow temple of a king...” Richard II, son of the ...
414. The Peasants’ Revolt: London’s Burning (Part 2)
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 13th of June 1381, the rebel army of English peasants, led by Wat Tyler, entered London and b...
413. The Peasants' Revolt: England Erupts (Part 1)
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the late 14th century, England was in decline. Already weakened by the Hundred Years’ War, both...
412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond...
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extolling his love for democracy, the Senator took on autocratic powers, during a time of emergency,...
411. The Man in the Iron Mask
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 17th century, during the glorious reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, France was at its ap...
410. The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass (Part 7)
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By November 1938 the scene in Germany was at its darkest yet, as the full scale of Hitler’s intent...
409. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's War on the Jews (Part 6)
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Hitler ramps up the German war machine, he remains obsessed with one idea: uprooting Jews from th...
408. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's Dream (Part 5)
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We must have a healthy people to dominate in the world”. In July 1933, Hitler’s Nazi party pa...
407. The Nazis in Power: The Conquest of Austria (Part 4)
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By 1937, Hitler’s ever-growing ambitions were driving Europe to the brink of war. Ever restless, h...
406. The Nazis in Power: Hitler’s Road to War (Part 3)
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“No one can doubt that this world will one day be the scene of dreadful struggles for existence on...
405. The Nazis in Power: The Nuremberg Rallies (Part 2)
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We did not lose the war because our artillery gave out, but because the weapons of our mind didn’...
404. The Nazis in Power: The Night of the Long Knives (Part 1)
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Hitler had entered Röhm’s bedroom alone with a whip in his hand. Behind him had stood two dete...
403. The Mystery of the Pregnant Pope
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Pope of great renown once reigned during chaotic years for the medieval Church: she was an extraor...
402. Christmas: Pagan or Christian?
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The Church was anxious to draw the attention of its members away from the old pagan feast days, a...
401. Windrush: The Story of Black Britain
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the 8th of June 1948, the HMT Windrush sailed from Kingston with almost 500 migrants on board, de...
400. Victorian Britain's Maddest Mystery
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1854, the twenty-five year old aristocrat Roger Tichborne, heir to an impressive fortune, died in...
399. The Savage Storm: World War II and The Battle for Italy
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Battle for Italy in 1943 proved to be one of the bloodiest and most brutal episodes of the Secon...
398. JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7)
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this landmark edition of The Rest is History, Dominic and Tom reveal the astonishing solution to...
397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6)
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“We can’t accept very comfortably that two nobodies, two nothings - Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack R...
396. JFK: The Second Assassin Strikes (Part 5)
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Jack, you son of a bitch, don’t do it!” Just hours after President Kennedy’s assassination...
395. JFK: Hunt for a Killer (Part 4)
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 12:31pm on Friday 22nd November 1963, and in Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy lies sl...
394. JFK: Death in Dallas (Part 3)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“It wouldn't be very difficult to kill the president of the United States, you just have to be in ...
393. JFK: Cuba, Camelot and the Cold War (Part 2)
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
By the late 1950s, John F. Kennedy was a rich and handsome Democratic senator with a beautiful wife ...
392. JFK: The Road to the White House (Part 1)
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“There were a lot of people who wanted Kennedy dead, a lot of powerful people. There are secrets s...
391. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8)
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tenochtitlan, once the glittering jewel at the heart of the mighty Aztec Empire, has fallen. Hernán...
390. The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Conquer or die indeed, Cortes thought… The hour of decision was at hand…" It is the spring of ...
389. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Night of Tears (Part 6)
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Things have never looked bleaker for Hernán Cortés and his band of Spaniards. They are trapped, st...
388. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The blood flowed like water…” It is 1520 and word has reached Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitla...
387. The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés and his Spanish comrades have arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital...
386. The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Conquer or die! Conquer or die! Conquer or die!” Making a decision that will change the course...
385. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hernán Cortés has set sail from Cuba, eager to find the truth behind the rumours of gold on the co...
384. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The meeting of the controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the formidable Emperor Mon...
383. Young Napoleon: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 2)
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Within the turmoil of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte stands out to his military superiors...
382. Young Napoleon: Teenage Revolutionary (Part 1)
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I would plunge the avenging dagger, up to the hilt, in the breast of the tyrant!” Born in Corsi...
381. Captain Cook: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 2)
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cook has been sent by the Royal Navy to the Pacific to track the transit of Venus from Tahiti, but a...
380. Captain Cook: History’s Greatest Explorer (Part 1)
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest sea explorer of all time, James Cook was born to a humble Yorkshire family, and first s...
379. Baghdad: The Arabian Nights (Part 4)
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The setting for so many of the Arabian Nights, like the stories of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and t...
378. Baghdad: The Golden Age (Part 3)
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Baghdad was a place of fabulous sophistication and teeming multitudes, where terrible things could h...
377. Baghdad: Crossroads of the Universe (Part 2)
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“No city in the world will ever rival it for prosperity...“ Baghdad, originally a Christian vill...
376. Baghdad: The Forging of Islam (Part 1)
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A story of great myth and of huge historical significance, the foundation of Baghdad is a fundamenta...
375. Hitler and the Mitford Sisters
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Mitfords were the most glamorous aristocrats on the London scene in the 1920s, with at their hea...
374. The Battle of Cable Street: Fascism Defeated
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“You will never catch Sir Oswald admitting to anti-semitism - all he does is embody it!” Followi...
373. Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fascists in Britain have found a leader known across the country: the sinister yet complex Oswal...
372. The Birth of British Fascism
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cultural roots of fascism swirled around Britain at the turn of the 20th century, as medieval no...
371. The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power (Part 2)
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. have given up on ousting the socialist President Allende through democratic means, and shif...
370. The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (Part 1)
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of the Cold War, the 1973 coup against the socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende...
PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age (Extract)
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In anticipation of the U.S. release of PAX, here’s the book’s introduction for you to enjoy, rea...
369. The Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Are you not entertained?!” The emblem of Rome, the Colosseum was the unsettling but glamorous...
368. The History Behind Hogwarts: Ancient Schools and Revolting Students
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“To be a boy at one of these schools was to be alternately tyrant and slave.” More gruesome even...