Calm history for sleep

The Candlelit Historian makes long, slow history documentaries for falling asleep to: two to three hours of real history, told in order, with named places, dates and a full list of sources for every episode.

Episodes

The History of Venice: Doges, Gondolas and Golden Domes

The story of Venice as a calm narrated history for sleep: the lagoon, Torcello, the doges, Saint Mark's, Marco Polo, Murano glass and Burano lace.

2 h 25 min

A Day in Ancient Rome: What Romans Did from Dawn to Night

Follow Gaius, a composite Roman copyist, through one day in Rome around AD 115 under Trajan, from dawn to night. A calm narrated history for sleep.

2 h 02 min

The History of Lake Garda: Poets, Castles and Galleys

A calm narrated history for sleep of Lake Garda: glaciers, Roman poets, Della Scala castles, Venice's galleys over the mountains and Goethe in 1786.

2 h 06 min

Lake Como and Lake Maggiore: Villas, Saints and Steamboats

A calm narrated history for sleep of Lake Como, Lake Maggiore and Lake Varese: pile-dwellers, Pliny, the Borromean Islands, silk and steamboats.

2 h 19 min

The History of Friuli: Aquileia, Venzone, Polcenigo and Barcis

A slow, calm narrated history for sleep: Roman Aquileia and its mosaic floor, walled Venzone, the Gorgazzo spring at Polcenigo and the lake of Barcis.

2 h 26 min

Life on Lake Garda, 1800–1918: Lemon Houses and Steamboats

A calm narrated history for sleep of life on Lake Garda, 1800–1918: lemon houses, fishermen, steamboats, an Austrian border and winter resorts.

2 h 25 min