Fountaindale Public Library

The rest is history, from ancient Rome to Ronald Reagan : history's most curious questions, answered, Goalhanger Podcasts with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook and Iain Hollingshead ; illustrations by Adam Doughty

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The rest is history

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Goalhanger Podcasts with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook and Iain Hollingshead ; illustrations by Adam Doughty

from ancient Rome to Ronald Reagan : history's most curious questions, answered

"This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate-with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned 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 tie-in book brings the chart-topping podcas's charms to the page, offering readers a fresh, wide-ranging tour of humanity's 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 Churchill's 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 past-from modern to ancient and every time in between-is 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."--Publisher

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