What Tom Holland has said about The Reason Why (Woodham-Smith book)
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on The Reason Why (Woodham-Smith book) once 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.
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Holland recommends Cecil Woodham-Smith's The Reason Why, which he read repeatedly as a child.
“But this is an absolutely brilliant book and I loved it so much I must have read it four or five times”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 27:54
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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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