Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator
Period
1,775 CE - 1,815 CE
This Rest Is History Club bonus episode provides a coda to the hosts' Nelson series by tracing the fate of Emma Hamilton and Horatio(a) Nel…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History club bonus features hosts Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland in informal discussion with subscribers. They mark Trafalg…
Open episodeThis episode is a Rest Is History Club Q&A with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, framed around their new mini-series on Horatio Nelson. T…
Open episodeWhat happened when the heroic Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of the Nile, sailed into the seething city of Naples? Why would his meet…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) follows Admiral Horatio Nelson's return to Britain after the …
Open episodeThis episode recounts Admiral Horatio Nelson's campaign in the Baltic and the Battle of Copenhagen (spring 1801). Hosts narrate the strateg…
Open episodeThis episode focuses on Horatio Nelson's life and service during the temporary peace and early resumption of the Napoleonic Wars. The hosts…
Open episodeThis episode chronicles Horatio Nelson's return to Britain in August–October 1805, his emotional farewell to Emma, Lady Hamilton, and the m…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History narrates the climactic Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) and the death of Horatio Nelson aboard HMS…
Open episodeThis episode focuses on the life and rise of Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon) up to her marriage to Sir William Hamilton and her early politic…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features host Tom Holland interviewing Sarah Grant, curator of the Victoria & Albert Museum's new…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook place the September Massacres of 1792 in their political and military context: France at war, the f…
Open episodeThis episode examines the symbolic emergence of Marianne alongside key political developments in 1792 France. The hosts discuss how the nat…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the pivotal weeks of autumn 1792 when the National Convention abolishes the French monarchy…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) recounts the trial and execution of Louis XVI and the symboli…
Open episodeLudwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous figures in Western musical history. Wi…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features a solo host conversation with biographer Jenny Ooglo about her book In These Times: Livi…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a multi-part series on Horatio Nelson, covering his Norfolk childhood, family background …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) follows Horatio Nelson's early Mediterranean career during th…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount Horatio Nelson's rise to national fame at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797)…
Open episodeThis episode (the end of part one) focuses on Admiral Horatio Nelson's elevation from a wounded, private man to a national hero and his ens…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Battle of the Nile (1 August 1798) and Horatio Nelson’s audacious tactics and leadershi…
Open episodeThis episode traces the critical summer of 1792 when military reverses, political panic and popular mobilisation transformed the French Rev…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (season two of the French Revolution series) focuses on the origins and cultural impact of La Marseilla…
Open episodeThis episode (season two, part one) continues The Rest Is History's detailed treatment of the French Revolution, picking up in the summer o…
Open episodeThis episode traces the move from constitutional experiment to war in late 1791–early 1792. Holland and Sandbrook introduce the Girondins (…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the guillotine as the defining symbol of the French Revolution, tracing its origins in Enlightenm…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook catch up, outline forthcoming series plans, share travel…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Dominic Sandbrook hosting with producer Theo Young-Smith filling in for Tom Holland. They discuss podcast house…
Open episodeThis episode is a conversational Q&A between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, recorded amid a marathon on the history of beards. Th…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Dominic Sandbrook joined by assistant producer Tabby Syrett (Tom Holland is absent). They outline upcoming Rest…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a retrospective discussion by hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on their recent French Revolution series. They …
Open episodeWith Dominic Sandbrook absent, Tom Holland hosts a bonus episode featuring art historian Izzy Muir to discuss Marie Antoinette’s visual and…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode series on the French Revolution, using Marie Antoinette as a focal point to ex…
Open episodeThis episode examines the Affair of the Diamond Necklace and its cultural context in 1784–1785 France. Beginning with Beaumarchais's contro…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the buildup and causes of the French Revolution, arguing it was produced by three converging fact…
Open episodeThis episode examines the immediate lead-up to the French Revolution in 1788–1789. Holland and Sandbrook discuss a sequence of catastrophic…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the events of July 1789 and the storming of the Bastille. They set the scene with the food …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (approved 26 August 1789), placing it wit…
Open episodeThis episode examines the October Days — the mass march on Versailles in early October 1789 — situating it within the immediate aftermath o…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook conclude an eight-part miniseries on the early French Revolution by narrating the dramatic escape a…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open by recounting a live Tudors-themed show at Hampton Court, then preview upcoming epis…
Open episodeThis bonus episode opens with Tom and Dominic reflecting on their recently concluded Byron series before answering listener questions. The …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, is the first instalment of a multi-episode exploration of…
Open episodeThis episode (the second in the hosts' multi-part study of Lord Byron) follows Byron's formative 1809–1811 travels and the composition and …
Open episodeThis episode examines Lord Byron's sudden celebrity after the publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the scandalous personal relatio…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines the origins and youth of Napoleon Bonaparte. The…
Open episodeThis episode follows Napoleon's transition from Corsican outsider to rising French military and political figure. After returning to a chao…
Open episodeThis episode examines the life, works and long shadow of the Marquis de Sade. Holland and Sandbrook narrate Sade’s biography: his aristocra…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a conversational mailbag/bonus-style episode covering listener questions and a wide sweep of histo…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing recent and upcoming Rest Is History recordings, reflecting on thei…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Professor Adam Smith (Edward Osborne Professor of History, Oxford) for a scene-setting epis…
Open episodeThis episode (the second in The Rest Is History's series on the American War of Independence) explores the escalation from colonial protest…
Open episodeThis episode — the third in The Rest Is History's American Revolution series — features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest …
Open episodeThis is the fourth and final episode of a four-part Rest Is History mini-series on the American Revolution. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic S…
Open episodeRecorded at the GPO in Dublin with guest Professor Paul Rouse, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace roughly 800 years of Anglo‑Irish his…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open with light conversation about Tom's trip to the Netherlands to see the Vermeer exhibition and relate…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode is hosted by Tom Holland with Jack Davenport filling in for Dominic Sandbrook. It opens with a surprise fiv…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode series on the Battle of Trafalgar, placing the 1805 engagement in its long geo…
Open episodeThis episode is the second instalment in the podcast's multi-part account of Trafalgar. Holland and Sandbrook profile the principal charact…
Open episodeThis episode concludes the hosts' multi-part Trafalgar epic, narrating the approach, tactics and carnage of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 Oct…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by fashion historian Hilary Davidson to discuss Regency-era dress and why the period rep…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Andrea Wolff about her book Magnificent Rebels, which traces the origins of Rom…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history of holidays, tracing the practice from early pilgrimages and the Grand Tour through G…
Open episodeThis episode examines Napoleon's Egyptian expedition of the late 1790s — its military drama, cultural consequences and longer-term global s…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the causes, course and legacy of the French Revolution. They outline the structural problem…
Open episodeThis episode is a live, staged Rest Is History show recorded at the Royal Albert Hall focused on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hosts Tom Holland…
Open episodeIn this New Year episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer listener questions and reflect on 2023 and plans for 2024. They debate wh…
Open episodeThis episode is a live-stream conversation between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open with viewer greetings and move throug…
Open episodeThis bonus Rest Is History Club episode is a listener Q&A in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer members' questions. Topics rang…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions collected on Discor…
Open episodeThis episode examines the cultural and political history of roast beef as an English national emblem. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook tra…
Open episodeThis live bonus episode is an informal, wide‑ranging conversation between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recorded for members. The…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook visit the National Archives exhibition "Treason: People, Power and Plot" with Neil Johnston, head o…
Open episodeThis episode — the third in the hosts' multi-part history of Portugal — traces Portuguese fortunes from the late 16th century to the early …
Open episodeThis episode is the first of a series on the American Civil War and examines the causes of the conflict. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sand…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian and author Halle Rubenhold about sex, sexuality and sex work in 18th- and 19th-…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Dan Snow about the Seven Years' War. The …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Enlightenment: its dates, key figures, geographic variations and cultural consequences.…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Emma Griffin (professor of modern British history and president of the Royal Hi…
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Period
1,680 CE - 1,780 CE
This episode continues The Rest Is History's series on Peter the Great and the Great Northern War. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook contra…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, continues their multi-episode account of the Great Northe…
Open episodeThis episode (the fifth and concluding instalment of the mini-series) recounts the climactic Battle of Poltava (1709) and its far-reaching …
Open episodeThis episode is the concluding part of the hosts' Peter the Great series. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the late reign of Peter…
Open episodeThis episode is a live, staged Rest Is History show recorded at the Royal Albert Hall focused on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hosts Tom Holland…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a multi-episode focus on Captain James Cook’s first Pacific voyage. They trace Cook’s humble Yo…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History continues the hosts' narrative of Captain James Cook's first voyage. After observing the 1769 transit o…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host John Dickey to discuss his book The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World. The episode tra…
Open episodeThis episode examines the life and activism of Benjamin Lay (1681–1759), an eccentric Quaker activist whose experiences in Barbados and lat…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record from Berry Brothers with guest Henry Jeffries to discuss the history of festive drinks, guid…
Open episodeThis episode examines the cultural and political history of roast beef as an English national emblem. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook tra…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a Rest Is History World Cup special episode about Avram Petrovich Gannibal, the African-bor…
Open episodeThis episode — the third in the hosts' multi-part history of Portugal — traces Portuguese fortunes from the late 16th century to the early …
Open episodeThis Rest Is History episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing William Dalrymple about his new podcast Empire (…
Open episodeThis London Week episode has Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook each selecting a London figure. Sandbrook profiles Henry Fielding (born 1707…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host novelist Alex Preston to examine the history and myths of smuggling in Britain. The conversation con…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their seasonal "12 (or 13) Days of Christmas" run (27 December). Dominic examine…
Open episodeThis bonus episode — the inaugural Rest Is History Club instalment for paying members — explores the history and cultural role of clubs fro…
Open episodeThis episode examines whether modern social media is genuinely novel by tracing historical precedents for rapid, divisive public debate. Th…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Dan Snow about the Seven Years' War. The …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian William Dalrymple about the rise, power and eventual fall of the East India Company. …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Enlightenment: its dates, key figures, geographic variations and cultural consequences.…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host David Hunt to survey Australian history from its deep prehistory to early European contact. Hunt rev…
Open episodeThis episode focuses on the life and rise of Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon) up to her marriage to Sir William Hamilton and her early politic…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features host Tom Holland interviewing Sarah Grant, curator of the Victoria & Albert Museum's new…
Open episodeThis episode is an interview with George Hours about his book The Rage of Party, How Wig vs Tauri Made Modern Britain. The conversation tra…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a multi-part series on Horatio Nelson, covering his Norfolk childhood, family background …
Open episodeThis bonus episode reunites Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to answer a listener’s question about how people across time have interpreted…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the guillotine as the defining symbol of the French Revolution, tracing its origins in Enlightenm…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode series on the French Revolution, using Marie Antoinette as a focal point to ex…
Open episodeThis episode examines the Affair of the Diamond Necklace and its cultural context in 1784–1785 France. Beginning with Beaumarchais's contro…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the buildup and causes of the French Revolution, arguing it was produced by three converging fact…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (approved 26 August 1789), placing it wit…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions on a wide range of histor…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the long-running mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask. They review contemporaneous evidence:…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines the origins and youth of Napoleon Bonaparte. The…
Open episodeThis episode examines the life, works and long shadow of the Marquis de Sade. Holland and Sandbrook narrate Sade’s biography: his aristocra…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing recent and upcoming Rest Is History recordings, reflecting on thei…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Professor Adam Smith (Edward Osborne Professor of History, Oxford) for a scene-setting epis…
Open episodeThis episode (the second in The Rest Is History's series on the American War of Independence) explores the escalation from colonial protest…
Open episodeThis episode — the third in The Rest Is History's American Revolution series — features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest …
Open episodeThis is the fourth and final episode of a four-part Rest Is History mini-series on the American Revolution. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic S…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open with light conversation about Tom's trip to the Netherlands to see the Vermeer exhibition and relate…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode series on the Battle of Trafalgar, placing the 1805 engagement in its long geo…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by archaeologist Sophie Hay to discuss Pompeii and Herculaneum. They cover how the sites…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the causes, course and legacy of the French Revolution. They outline the structural problem…
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