In this marvellous collection of fascinating footnotes, bestselling author Giles Milton delves into little-known stories from history. Covering everything from adventure, war, murder and slavery to espionage, including the stories of the real war horse, who killed Rasputin, Agatha Christie's greatest mystery and Hitler's English girlfriend, these tales deserve to be told.

Giles Milton is a writer and historian. He is the bestselling author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth, The Riddle and the Knight, White Gold, Samurai William, Paradise Lost Wolfram and, most recently, his critically acclaimed account of Britain’s attempts to sabotage Lenin’s revolution Russian Roulette. He has also written two novels and three children's books, two of them illustrated by his wife Alexandra. He lives in South London.