Unearthed from the vast collection of the National Archives by Giles Miltons metaphorical metal detecting, here are 100 nuggets of almost - but not quite - forgotten history and an astonishing cast, including dictators, adventurers, criminals and heroes, a war dog and the last Chinese eunuch. Among the footnotes we find the shipwrecked Dutch mariner who ate the last dodo; a kamikaze pilot who survived; and the mystery of the lighthouse men who disappeared from the Flannan Isles.
Dimensions: 198 x 27
Author: Giles Milton
ISBN: 9781473652033
Format: Paperback
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