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 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.

• | Author: Giles Milton
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2016
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781250078759
• | ISBN-10: 125007875X