A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains by Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook #literature

A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains by Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook #literatureDATE OF RELEASE: 10 SEPT 2026 'The world's most successful history podcast Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times 'The history publishing phenomenon of my lifetime' New Statesman From the award winning podcast The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling authors Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook comes a riotous deep dive into historys biggest heroes and most notorious villains Welcome to a

and the lengths they will go to protect the ones they love

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Together they will face an adventure that bends time and challenges the very nature of existence

and they fight with fanatical bravery – inspiring the same fervour in those who fall under their watchful gaze

In these essays

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But what looks like heroism in the heat of the moment can play out very differently in the courts and the eyes of the public

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Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services