Books recommended on The Rest Is History

Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook and guests brought up 18 books across 6 recent episodes — each with the episode, the minute, and what was said.

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Brits — Peter TaylorDiscussed

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“There's a soldier in Peter Taylor's book about the army in Northern Ireland, Brits, it's called. Brilliant book.”
Watching the door — Kevin MyersDiscussed

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“There's a wonderful book actually about Northern Ireland in the 70s called Watching the Door by an Irish columnist quite a controversial Irish columnist actually called Kevin Meyers”
Loyalists — Taylor, PeterDiscussed

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“In his um book loyalists, Peter Taylor gives the example of one man called Martin Snodden.”
Mask of Dimitrios — Eric AmblerMentioned

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“Wasn't there an Eric Amler novel, The Mask of Demetrius? Yes, exactly. Set in Constantinople.”

Armed Struggle — Richard EnglishDiscussed

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“There's a brilliant book on all this by Richard English. It's probably the definitive history of the IRA called Armed Struggle.”
Loyalists — Taylor, PeterDiscussed

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“So, there's a great book called Loyalists by Peter Taylor. Peter Taylor, BBC journalist, did three books called Provos, Brits, Loyalists.”
The Provos — Peter TaylorDiscussed

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“Peter Taylor, BBC journalist, did three books called Provos, Brits, Loyalists.”
Brits — Peter TaylorDiscussed

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“Peter Taylor, BBC journalist, did three books called Provos, Brits, Loyalists.”
The Troubles — Tim Pat CooganDiscussed

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“As the Irish historian Tim Pat Coogan says in his book The Troubles, it was as though Hamas were to parade through Jerusalem's holy places.”

Armada — Garrett MattinglyDiscussed

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“To quote Garrett Mattingly's wonderful book on the Spanish Armada that he wrote back in the 1940s, but it's still great.”
The watchers — Stephen AlfordDiscussed

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“Stephen Alford in his great book The Watchers says he's secret and secretive, a man who had travailed to the uttermost in the cipher.”

A Defence of Poetry — Sir Philip SidneyDiscussed

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“He's the author of a very famous defense of poetry, which has a Europewide reputation.”
Arcadia — Sir Philip SidneyDiscussed

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“He's written a poem called Arcadia, which is a pastoral romance.”
Philip Sidney — Alan StewartDiscussed

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“Alan Stewart in his biography of Philip Sydney, a double life, suggests that William wanted Sydney to be his son-in-law.”

The Night Manager — John le CarréMentioned

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“Maybe Hawkins is a kind of very Protestant Richard Roper from The Night Manager.”
Foxe's Book of Martyrs — John FoxeDiscussed

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“He's got Foxe's Book of Martyrs, that great compendium of of Protestant martyrs.”

Wolf Hall — Hilary MantelMentioned

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“people who've read Wolf Hall and the successor books might be reminded of Thomas Cromwell who was another very mighty chief minister”
The massacre at Paris — Christopher MarloweDiscussed

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“Christopher Marlo in his tragedy, The Massacre at Paris, which he wrote in 1593”
The watchers — Stephen AlfordDiscussed

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“Steven Orford wrote a brilliant book about the espionage war called The Watchers”
God's Traitors — Jessie ChildsDiscussed

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“Jesse Charles in her wonderful prize-winning book, God's Traitors, all about the recusants in Elizabeth and England”