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Ian Crofton
Ian Crofton was formerly editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopaedia, and has written a wide range of other general reference books, including Science without the Boring Bits, Brewer’s Britain and Ireland and Brewer’s Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable (both with John Ayto), and the Quercus bestseller World History: 50 Episodes You Really Need to Know. A polymath, with a gift for condensing complex narratives into highly readable and entertaining texts, he is the perfect guide to an increasingly popular approach to history.
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Traitors
One man's traitor may be another man's hero . . . A history of well-known and more obscure traitors that exposes some of the biggest…
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History without the Boring Bits
Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books,…
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A Curious History of Food and Drink
Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the 'Cucumber King of Burma' was? Beginning with the hippo soup…
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World History
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and…