The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments - Hardcover

$31.00

The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments - Hardcover

Name: The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments - Hardcover
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SKU: 9780593977163
Price: 31.00 USD
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by Adrian Bliss

$31.00

Book Overview

"All at once funny, touching, dazzlingly informative and fascinating, brilliantly imaginative and altogether wonderful. Capable of switching between divine silliness and genuinely tender sweetness, tragedy, and wonder."--STEPHEN FRY

History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.

The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII, and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the Renaissance master, the servant who oversaw the Tudor's toilet time, or the famous horse who thrilled the miserable old monarch.

These supporting cast members have been waiting in the wings for too long, and Adrian Bliss thinks it's high time they join their glory-hogging contemporaries in the spotlight. Fortunately--thanks to some recently discovered ancient complaint letters, court transcripts, and memoirs in bottles--now they can.

Equal parts fascinating and hilarious, The Greatest Nobodies of History is a surreal love letter to life's forgotten heroes, featuring hitherto undocumented accounts from Ancient Greece to the front lines of the Great Emu War.

All that follows really happened, and some of it could even be true.

ISBN	9780593977163
Author	Adrian Bliss
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Genre	History and Humor & comedy
Format	Hardcover
Published	October 2024
Language	ENG- English
Pages	304
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print