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Hi, everybody. It's Dominic here from The Rest Is History. I just wanted to let you all know that on our sister podcast, The Book Club, we have just released an episode digging deep into George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones, the first book in his Song of Ice and Fire sequence. We go deep into the history behind Game of Thrones. So we go into the Wars of the Roses, Hadrian's Wall. We talk about the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien in comparisons with The Lord of the Rings. We talk about the violence of the books. But, Tabby, we also talk, don't we, about George R.R. Martin's apparent stagnation and whether he's actually ever going to finish the books. We investigate why it is that he has battled to finish them at all and whether he will ever be able to. If you want to hear lots more about the history behind some of the greatest novels of all time, fear not. Because coming up on The Book Club, we have The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa, which is all about Italian unification. We talk about Circe, where we delve into a particular part of the Odyssey. And then after that, we are doing The 39 Steps, which is, I know, Dominic, you chose and you love. Please join us at the book club. It's loads of fun and you will never find a better way to spend your life. Bye-bye. Bye.

Dominic since it's the summer I've obviously been thinking a lot about cricket however I am aware that the World Cup is on as well and so occasionally football intrudes on my mind as well and so I've been thinking about what my historical dream football teams would be. And who would be in your historical dream team? I've numbered it down to four, what I think would be the classics. And they are, of course, the Aztecs, the Royal Navy. We've got to have the Royal Navy. Austro-Hungary. And, of course, ancient Rome. I mean, it's an amazing coincidence because the rest is history. I have just launched football shirts for those very teams. So if there are people out there who want to know what Qualtaymok would have worn during the siege of Tenochtitlan or Nelson, this is your chance to find out. And how would one... I'll put it bluntly, me, how would I get my hands on one, two, three, or perhaps all of these bespoke kits? You would want to head as quickly as possible to therestishistory.com and you go to the merch tab, then you would be able to pre-order one of these fantastic limited edition shirts. Would there be a way of personalising these shirts? I'm going to make you so happy now because actually there would. Each shirt can be personalised with a choice of historical figures, the big names from that particular team. So, for example, the Royal Navy, you can go for Horatio Nelson or Emma Hamilton. You can go for Franz Ferdinand or Sophie for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For the Aztecs, you can go for Cuauhtémoc, Montezuma or Malinche. OK, they sound absolutely Absolutely brilliant. The perfect way for our beloved listeners to celebrate the World Cup. And I will certainly be heading to the website and clicking on the merch page on restishistory.com. I simply cannot wait.

Hello there. It's Al Murray here and James Holland there, hosts of the Second World War pod. We have ways of making you talk. Al and I have been on The Rest Is History a few times now, talking all things World War II with Tom and Dominic. If you've enjoyed their recent topics on 20th century history, then we have good news for you. Yes, that's right, Jim. We have our own show all about the fascinating history of World War Two. Every Tuesday and Thursday, WW2 pod, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, discusses the fascinating people, amazing innovations and terrible tragedies of this most pivotal period in human history. Yeah, and the bottom line is, other history has absolutely nothing on this. This past year alone, we've done series on visionary US presidents like FDR and Truman, HMS Hood versus Bismarck, and Japan's Road to War. We've also explored daring night raids behind enemy lines like Brunewald and the nerve-wracking Atlantic convoys. And right now we're doing the truly titanic Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941. So now is a great time to subscribe and get into the action. Search We Have Ways wherever you get your podcasts. That's We Have Ways wherever you get your podcasts.

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