2024 the best history podcasts review
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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 podcast’s charms, offering listeners 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.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved It
Review: I had no idea this was a podcast or I would have been listening. Sardonic humor and history is a great combination and this book nailed it.
Reviewer: Diane H
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting and funny short true histories
Review: The Rest Is History is a selection of short tales of real-life history. Who knew that history could be so entertaining? This book would make a great read when time is short. Find out if the Loch Ness Monster is real while waiting at the doctorâs office.Some fictional items are included within the history. There is a post-Olympic games interview on Mount Olympus with Augustus Caesar, Xipe Totec the fifteenth century Aztec god and, of course, Prince Phillip.If you like reading interesting tales told in short spurts, pick up The Rest Is History. It is a perfect bathroom or before bed read. 4 stars!Thanks to PublicAffairs and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.
Reviewer: Cath
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Came a little late , but the books was in excellent condition.
Reviewer: Old Warden
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Fun Read
Review: A fun read. As someone else pointed out, reminds me very much of the old Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. It's a good book to pick up when you have a minute (aka: bathroom) and just want a quick story or laugh. It's a bit disorganized, jumps from place to place with no real sense of purpose. But, like I said, it's a fun read.
Reviewer: C. Wiser
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: legit history and so entertaining
Review: "The Rest is History" is one of my favorite podcasts. This entertaining book is a collection of adaptations of episodes. I've listened to all of the podcast episodes but I still found much that was new and interesting here.Authors Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are serious, trained historians who obviously LOVE history and having fun with history. I also appreciate that they don't seem to have a strong political agenda here. Some history books feel like re-education courses. They take various topics (such as French Presidents or the end of the Roman Empire or the history of Costa Rica) and present them as lists, tournaments, invented memos, or in many other ways. The history is unusual and educational and fun. Their spoof of "The Davinci Code" is worth the purchase price alone. I snorted and chuckled the whole way through.A couple more of my favorite moments: Australian PM Harold Holt disappeared during an ocean swim and was never seen again. There is now a "Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre" in Melbourne, which the authors compare to naming an underpass after Princess Diana. AND - King Nebuchadnezzar had a Median wife - but the authors want to be sure we know that means she's from what is modern-day Iran - not that she's an average one.The book is certainly funny, but I have great confidence that the history is legit. If you enjoy history I'd recommend this whole-heartedly.
Reviewer: AndreaRomance
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun and easy to read
Review: This tie-in book to âThe Rest Is Historyâ podcast condenses the most important and fun moments of our shared story into one readable journey, from ancient battles to a list of historyâs top dogs.This book is fun and easy to read. It has a strong UK perspective but is accessible to Americans as well.Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.
Reviewer: [email protected]
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dumbing Down
Review: Book could have been interesting. Great topics.But. Holland or co author decided to dumb down topics and worse they did it with really lame humor. I donât recommend.
Reviewer: Jason
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Late comer to the book but podcast covers most topics
Review: When it was released I imagine the topics were fresher but I find the book doesnât hold up as Iâve heard most of the subjects covered in recent podcasts. It really should be completely new to warrant the purchase and keep the content separate to feel like you got exclusive content for your purchase. Was still enjoyable but not to the level I was hoping.
Reviewer: Anne Cruickshank
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Only just finished reading it and need to go through episodes again... sooo much information needs a lot of re-reading.. if going to be useful for pub and Tv quizzes.. which is another favourite pasttime. ! .. humour always helps information to stick.
Reviewer: ABerryesq
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I downloaded the book from Amazpn. No problems. Opened the book five hours late and was unable to go from one page to the next without exiting and reloading. I returned the book. Shame, I was looking forward to it!
Reviewer: hildi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I heard about book on The Drum, ABC, went immediately to buy. Thoroughly enjoyable. The authors provide with information, that would be difficult to unearth. Some of the information was quite amusing.
Reviewer: edward bache
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This was a good read as long as you donât take it to seriously, some parts of it were very good , the French presidents being one of the. This best part for me was about Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement,true heroes.
Reviewer: Thislo
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Had good bits but some felt like filler. It's best for reading in short bursts, rather than to sit down and absorb.