When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters

When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters

by Giles Milton
When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters

When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters

by Giles Milton

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Overview

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 historians

In When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank, the second installment in his outrageously entertaining series, History’s Unknown Chapters, Giles Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves into the little-known stories from history, like when Stalin was actually assassinated with poison by one of his inner circle; the Russian scientist, dubbed the “Red Frankenstein,” who attempted to produce a human-ape hybrid through ethically dubious means; the family who survived thirty-eight days at sea with almost no water or supplies after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; or the plot that served as a template for 9/11 in which four Algerian terrorists attempted to hijack a plane and fly it into the Eiffel Tower.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250078759
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 11/01/2016
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 435,083
Product dimensions: 5.61(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles to most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications, and specializes in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has traveled extensively in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. He has written several books of nonfiction, including the bestselling Nathaniel's Nutmeg, and has been translated into fifteen languages worldwide. He is the author of the novel Edward Trencom's Nose.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Book I When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep

Part I When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep 5

Part II A Question of Mistaken Identity 21

Part III Kings, Queens and Madmen 37

Part IV Papal Bull 53

Part V Up and Away 65

Part VI Beauty and the Beast 79

Part VII Get Ale Out! 93

Part VIII The Bubble that Burst 111

Part IX A Child for the Fuhrer 125

Further Reading 131

Book II When Stalin Robbed a Bank

Part I When Stalin Robbed a Bank 141

Part II It'll Never Happen to Me 157

Part III Escape from Hell 171

Part IV Just Plain Weird 189

Part V Die-Hard Nazis 203

Part VI A Trio of Monsters 217

Part VII I Am a Hero 231

Part VIII Rule-Breakers 245

Further Reading 259

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