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Fascinating Footnotes from History

By: Giles Milton
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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Fascinating Footnotes from History details 100 of the quirkiest historical nuggets - eye-stretching stories that sound like fiction but are 100 percent fact.

There is Hiroo Onoda, the lone Japanese soldier still fighting the Second World War in 1974; Agatha Christie, who mysteriously disappeared for 11 days in 1926; and Werner Franz, a cabin boy on the Hindenburg who lived to tell the tale when it was engulfed in flames in 1937.

Peopled with a gallery of spies, rogues, cannibals, adventurers and slaves, and spanning 20 centuries and six continents, Giles Milton's impeccably researched footnotes shed light on some of the most infamous stories from history.

©2015 Giles Milton (P)2016 Isis Publishing Ltd Military War Inspiring Imperialism Imperial Japan

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very well read by the author,fascinating tales that have been forgotten in the mists of time !

facts you didn't know

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It's an entertaining collection of various less well-known facts of history. I was missing a narrative thread.

Entertaining

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loved this book. easy to dip in and out of and some really fascinating stories of people who survived some crazy events, like the crashing one the hindenburg and one guy who survived both atomic bombs!

Great book full of interesting facts

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Fun and interesting! As a student of history I have covered many of the focal points in time but this gives you a whole new veiwpoint of major events. I couldn't stop listening.

Awesome

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lot's of interesting stories, took me a while to get used to each chapters introduction.

fascinating... easy to listen to whilst doing jobs

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Fascinating, brilliant, and well read. Wonderful idea to have a collection of snippets of history- varied and leaves you wanting more!

Fascinating, brilliant, and well read

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Gentle listening of snippets from history. A book you can while away the time and pick up a few interesting facts. Really interesting.

interesting little notes from History

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A really wonderful listen, with such a plethora of short stories that you could jump in at virtually any point in the book and have a great listen. Definitely an audiobook that you could re-listen to again & again, as there's no way you'll remember each story after one or two listens.

A really good mix of stories too - funny, sad, vile, joyous and everything in between.

Narrator is brilliant too, very engaging, humorous & does the accents really well.

10/10 - Fun & Interesting

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The book is interesting and well read but contains a lot of repetitive themes (Nazis, slaves and canibalism) which get a bit samey after a while.

Interesting but repetitive

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Very enjoyable listen. Some of the chapters referred to incidents I had never heard of. Recommended if you love history.

Fascinating bite sized chunks of history.

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