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When Churchill slaughtered sheep and Stalin robbed a bank : history's unknown chapters / Giles Milton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Picador, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First U.S. EditionDescription: viii, 264 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250078759
  • 125007875X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Book I. When Churchill slaughtered sheep -- When Churchill slaughtered sheep -- A question of mistaken identity -- Kings, queens and madmen -- Papal bull -- Up and away -- Beauty and the beast -- Get me out! -- The bubble that burst -- A child for the Fuhrer -- Book II. When Stalin robbed a bank -- When Stalin robbed a bank -- It'll never happen to me -- Escape from hell -- Just plain weird -- Die-hard Nazis -- A trio of monsters -- I am a hero -- Rule-breakers.
Summary: In this collection of obscure and addictive true tales from history, Milton presents outrageously unbelievable-- yet true-- stories from history. There's the Russian scientist who attempted to produce a human-ape hybrid; the family who survived thirty-eight days at sea after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; and Churchill ordered the test of biological weapons using sheep on a small Scottish island.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 909 M662 Available 33111008578961
Total holds: 0

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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.

"Originally published in Great Britain under the titles When Churchill slaughtered sheep and When Stalin robbed a bank by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Book I. When Churchill slaughtered sheep -- When Churchill slaughtered sheep -- A question of mistaken identity -- Kings, queens and madmen -- Papal bull -- Up and away -- Beauty and the beast -- Get me out! -- The bubble that burst -- A child for the Fuhrer -- Book II. When Stalin robbed a bank -- When Stalin robbed a bank -- It'll never happen to me -- Escape from hell -- Just plain weird -- Die-hard Nazis -- A trio of monsters -- I am a hero -- Rule-breakers.

In this collection of obscure and addictive true tales from history, Milton presents outrageously unbelievable-- yet true-- stories from history. There's the Russian scientist who attempted to produce a human-ape hybrid; the family who survived thirty-eight days at sea after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; and Churchill ordered the test of biological weapons using sheep on a small Scottish island.

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