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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 11/01/2016
ISBN: 9781250078759
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2016
Library Journal 11/01/2016 pg. 88