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Book Review: Bringing wildly successful The Rest Is History podcast to book pays off

As a way to learn big chunks of history in a fast and entertaining way, this written version is arguably even more effective than its popular audio parent

Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook argue in this companion to their phenomenally successful podcast

The Loch Ness Monster was discovered by an Irishman. To be more precise, she first popped up in AD 565 when Saint Columba from Donegal reportedly encountered a fearsome water beast on a Scottish lake and repelled her with the sign of the cross.

Although few people take Nessie seriously today, Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland argue in this companion to their phenomenally successful podcast, her legend has many interesting things to teach us about ...