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Dr Sam Willis is one of the country's best-known historians. His
work takes him on adventures all over the world. He has made twelve
TV series for the BBC and National Geographic, including The Silk
Road, and has written fourteen books, most recently The Struggle
for Sea Power: The Royal Navy vs the World, 1775-1782 and The
Spanish Armada, a Ladybird Expert Book.
James Daybell is Professor of Early Modern British History at the
University of Plymouth and a Fellow of the Royal Historical
Society. He has written eight books and has appeared in a number of
historical BBC TV documentaries.
History as you've never seen it before.
*Dan Snow*
Irreverent, witty and fabulously well-informed, Histories of the
Unexpected is a blast of historical treats and full to the gunwales
of extraordinary connections and trivia from the past.
*James Holland*
History isn't straightforward. It's a complex web of twists and
turns. This book will show you how surprising, exciting and
downright unexpected history can be.
*Janina Ramirez*
This is a wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of
everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.
*Suzannah Lipscomb*
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