What Tom Holland has said about Dispute over the Holy Places
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Dispute over the Holy Places 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland says the Crimean War's trigger was a dispute over a key in Bethlehem, analogous to the Sarajevo assassination in 1914.
“if the First World War was triggered by an assassination in Sarajevo, the Crimean War is triggered by an argument over a key in Bethlehem”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 41:47
Holland argues Napoleon III backed the Bethlehem dispute partly to sow discord between Russia and Britain.
“he is looking to sow mischief between the two most powerful victors in the Napoleonic Wars”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 44:46
Episodes
721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a series on the Charge of the Light Brigade, profiling Lords Cardigan and Lucan and tracing the Crimean War's origins.
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