The Rest Is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities
nonfiction · First published 2024
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Author guide
Tom Holland Books in Order
Tom Holland is an English author, historian, biographer, novelist, and broadcaster. He writes narrative histories of Rome, the Persian Wars, late antiquity, Christianity, and early England, and also wrote Gothic and historical fiction before turning primarily to nonfiction. He co-hosts The Rest Is History podcast with Dominic Sandbrook.
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Tom Holland's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic
The clearest entry point to Holland's narrative histories and the beginning of his Roman trilogy.
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
A standalone, wide-ranging history of Christianity's influence on the modern Western world.
The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron
The starting point of Holland's Gothic historical fiction and Vampyre series.
Read in order
Books by series
trilogy · complete
Roman History Trilogy
A trilogy tracing the transformation of Rome from the late Republic through the imperial golden age.
series · complete
The Vampyre series
A Gothic historical-fiction series involving vampires and figures from nineteenth-century exploration and literature.
publisher-series · ongoing
Penguin Monarchs
A publisher series of concise biographies of English and British monarchs.
- 1 Æthelstan: The Making of EnglandAmazon ↗
Book 1 · biography · 2016
publisher-series · ongoing
Ladybird Expert
A publisher series of accessible illustrated introductions to specialist subjects and historical figures.
- 1 Æthelflæd: England's Forgotten FounderAmazon ↗
Book 1 · biography · 2019
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (10)
- AttisAmazon ↗
novel · 1995
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Deliver Us from EvilAmazon ↗novel · 1997
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The Sleeper in the SandsAmazon ↗novel · 1998
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The Bone HunterAmazon ↗novel · 2001
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the WestAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2005
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Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of ChristendomAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2008
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient WorldAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2012
- Dominion: The Making of the Western MindAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2019
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The Rest Is HistoryAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2023
- The Rest Is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical CuriositiesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2024
Short fiction (1)
- The Poison in the BloodAmazon ↗
short-fiction · 2006
Children's books (1)
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks, and the Gods: A Tale of the Persian WarsAmazon ↗children's-fiction · 2023
Plays (1)
- The Importance of Being FrankAmazon ↗
play · 1997