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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles Milton The first installment in Giles Milton's outrageously entertaining …
Nathaniel's Nutmeg (25th Anniversary Edition): Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
The 25th anniversary edition of the much-beloved true adventure tale of Nathaniel Courthope; "A magnificent piece of popular history" (The Independent on Sunday). The tiny island …
Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
From Giles Milton, the highly acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth is a riveting historical mystery of colonial America. In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I …
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves
Giles Milton's White Gold tells the true story of white European slaves in eighteenth century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco."An elegantly discursive retelling . . . customarily …
When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters
More addictive and mind-blowing true tales from history, told by Giles Milton--one of today's most entertaining and accessible yet always intelligent and illuminating historiansIn …
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy: How the Allies Won on D-Day
The international bestselling historian and host of the Unknown History podcast presents a ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of …
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of …
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas. The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is …
Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
An eye-opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg. In 1611, the merchants of London's East India Company …