The Rest Is History

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 🔥 The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor 🔥 Tom and Dominic discuss: 😱 An emperor on the run 👀 Spain’s divide ➡️ How the Incas eventually fell Link to the full episode in replies👇

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Loving our series on London's Golden Age and the friendship between Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell? Wondering what's next? Sign up to our newsletter where you'll receive exclusive interviews, book extracts and more... This weekend: An interview about the wild youth of Dr Johnson with the biographer Richard Holmes. Only in The Rest Is History newsletter.

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🚨 NEW BONUS EPISODE 🚨 🔥 London’s Golden Age EXTRA | James Boswell’s Secret Life 🔥 📚 What became of Boswell? 👀 Scandalous private diaries 💭 How much of it was actually true? @holland_tom is joined by Adam Sissman to discuss the secret life and legacy of Britain’s greatest biographer. Link in replies 👇

We're honoured to be nominated for not one but three awards at the #iheartpodcastawards tonight 🏆 You can watch the show live on @veeps or in the @iHeartRadio app on Monday 16th March at 8PM ET / 7PM CT/ 1AM GMT to see how we get on!

So, polish your armour, don your villainous moustache and get ready to choose a side in the ultimate showdown. Pre-order your copy now: waterstones.com/book/a-history…

We are thrilled to announce a brand new The Rest is History book! Around the World in 51 Heroes and Villains is coming this September. Welcome to a shadowy realm where the divide between the noble and the nefarious isn’t quite as clear as it seems. Prepare for sword fights, scandals and enough moral ambiguity to make Machiavelli blush. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate questions like: •⁠ ⁠Caligula: irredeemable monster or history’s scandal magnet? •⁠ ⁠Joan of Arc: saintly saviour or a dangerous heretic? •⁠ ⁠Wojtek the bear: true WWII hero or simply a cuddly mascot? •⁠ ⁠Elizabeth I: true Virgin Queen or just brilliant at branding?

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📣 NEW BONUS EPISODE 📣 🏛️ The Odyssey, Ancient Greek Wars, and Ottoman Invasions 🏛️ 📜 How Corfu Features in The Odyssey ⚔️ The Bloody Peloponnesian War 🇩🇪 The Kaiser’s Involvement in Corfu @holland_tom is joined by @ahmpreston to discuss the thrilling history of the Greek island. Link in replies 👇

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 🔥 The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor 🔥 Tom and Dominic discuss: 😱 An emperor on the run 👀 Spain’s divide ➡️ How the Incas eventually fell Link to the full episode in replies👇

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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 🔥The Fall of the Incas: Battle for the Sacred City🔥 @holland_tom and @dcsandbrook discuss: ⚔️ The Incas' great uprising against the Spanish 🔥 The burning of Cusco, holy city of the Incas 🤯 Betrayal, civil war, and the most shocking siege in the history of the Americas

For those who want deeper context on the history of US-Iranian relations, our recent series on the history of the Iranian Revolution explains why hatred of the US has always been central to the Iranian regime, as well as why the US has seen post-1979 Iran as a threat of the highest order. The whole series is available to watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OW0a… Or to listen to here: linktr.ee/restishistory

If you’re into gripping tales of Victorian hubris, Northumbrian heroism, and a queen in mourning, then I’m delighted to be joining @holland_tom on stage at the inaugural @TheRestHistory Festival at Hampton Court to tell the terrible story of the New Hartley Pit Disaster

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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 💰The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North💰 @holland_tom and @dcsandbrook discuss: 🏆 How the Spaniards seized the riches of Cusco 🔥 The brutal march through the Andes 🤔 Could the Inca Empire have survived?

It was a wonderful honour to be awarded an honorary doctorate by my alma mater today - all the more so because my fellow honorands were such lovely and brilliant people. Thank you @UniofOxford and @WilliamJHague. It was an unforgettable day. ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02-2…

For those of you who say we don’t do enough history about rugby, your prayers have finally been answered…