Las conocidas voces de los historiadores que presentan el popular pódcast “The Rest is History” aparecen ahora en forma de libro, pero no por eso las crónicas que cuentan pierden la gracia. Adéntrate en la parte más curiosa de la Historia de manera dinámica y amena y descubre las tonterías que cambiaron el destino de las civilizaciones, las cenas más incómodas de la Antigua Grecia y los cuestionables dioses que fundamentan nuestras costumbres. Holland y Sandbrook acompañan la información con humor, personalidad, juegos de palabras y referencias a la cultura popular y, así, consiguen convertir la muerte de César en un auténtico murder mystery.
Júlia Rovirosa, área Humanidades e Idiomas en Alibri

Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – there’s a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past – from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation’s favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn’t even think to ask:- 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?Whether it is sending historical figures to Casa Amor in a series of Love Island, ranking history’s most famous eunuchs and pigeons (including Winkie, the unsung hero of the Second World War), or debating the meaning of greatness, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.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. . .