Fascinating footnotes from history
題名:
Fascinating footnotes from history
著者:
Milton, Giles.
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9781473608924
出版資訊:
London : John Murray, 2015.
規格:
xiii, 380 p. ; 23 cm
摘要:
Did you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin robbed a bank? That Charlie Chaplin's corpse was filched and held to ransom? Giles Milton is a master of historical narrative: in his characteristically engaging prose, Fascinating Footnotes From History details one hundred of the quirkiest historical nuggets; eye-stretching stories that read like fiction but are one hundred per cent fact.
主題:
| History -- Miscellanea. |
| History -- Anecdotes. |
| World history -- Anecdotes. |
| World politics -- Anecdotes. |
摘要:
Did you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin robbed a bank? That Charlie Chaplin's corpse was filched and held to ransom? Giles Milton is a master of historical narrative: in his characteristically engaging prose, Fascinating Footnotes From History details one hundred of the quirkiest historical nuggets; eye-stretching stories that read like fiction but are one hundred per cent fact.