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Narrated by Adrian Bliss, featuring the voices of Beth Rylance, Sebastian Humphreys and Kristin Atherton.
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 frontlines of the Great Emu War.
All that follows really happened, and some of it could even be true...
'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
© Adrian Bliss 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
The Greatest Nobodies of History
Minor Characters from Major Moments
3 of 8 copies available
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Release date
November 28, 2024 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781804948149
- File size: 215441 KB
- Duration: 07:28:49
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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With his friendly, reedy English accent, content creator and social media stalwart Adrian Bliss takes the listener on a wonderful and often laugh-out-loud tour of the back pages of history, told from the perspective of some very odd characters. There's the ferret (or is it an ermine) that posed for one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings. A giant oak tree that helped Charles I's son elude Cromwell's forces. And a heartbreaking tale about the colonization of the Island of Mauritius, told by its last dodo. Sprinkled with light music, sound effects, and occasional supporting voices, the audiobook makes history sound magical. Helpfully, each chapter ends with a rundown of the events' true facts. Droll, disarming, and historically correct--what fun. B.P. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine
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