More Lessons from History: Uncovering the colourful characters of the past

More Lessons from History: Uncovering the colourful characters of the past

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Author: Alex Deane (Trinity 1997)

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Welcome to another round of history’s most absurd stories and the timeless lessons that come with them. In More Lessons from History, Alex Deane has unearthed yet more bizarre tales that you certainly haven’t heard before. If you’re wondering how large, flightless birds might organise themselves against a military regiment, how you should respond to the glare of an international rugby player whose glass eye you just knocked out, exactly why carrots are orange, or whether the world’s worst-run battleship ever ceased firing upon her comrades-in-arms, then look no further.

In this second volume of his acclaimed series, Alex Deane reminds us that, throughout history, human nature has remained exactly the same, and the way that people responded to the most amusing, horrifying, and convoluted of circumstances in the past can teach us everything we need to know about who we are today.

Publication date: 
Tuesday 15 November 2022
ISBN: 
9781785907807

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