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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters

Written by Giles Milton

Narrated by Giles Milton

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Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles Milton

This program is read by the author, the host of the popular podcast, Unknown History with Giles Milton.

The first installment in Giles Milton's outrageously entertaining series, History's Unknown Chapters: colorful and accessible, intelligent and illuminating, Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves into the little-known stories from the past.

There's the cook aboard the Titanic, who pickled himself with whiskey and survived in the icy seas where most everyone else died. There's the man who survived the atomic bomb in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And there's many, many more.

Covering everything from adventure, war, murder and slavery to espionage, including the stories of the female Robinson Crusoe, Hitler's final hours, Japan's deadly balloon bomb and the emperor of the United States, these tales deserve to be told.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 2, 2016
ISBN9781427284839
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
Author

Giles Milton

Giles Milton is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. One of Milton’s previous books, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, is currently being developed into a major screen project. Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony. He lives in London and Burgundy.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Very superficial, the minimal sort of coverage that goes into anthologies for "bathroom reading" for a few minutes at a time. Several of the topics covered, to my knowledge, are discussed in much more detail elsewhere (e.g., see "Blitzed" for much more information on Hitler's drug use, "Thunderstruck" on Crippen's murder and capture). Recommended only if you like history in tiny doses at a time.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great book. Its is an amazing compilation of historical snippets.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was a fun short little read on some key players/events in history. The author made this compilation of short stories fun and interesting! Definitely full of things you didn't learn in school. Three stars as I was hoping for a little more detail, or more about better known people throughout history - overall quick and interesting.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved it! I want to find more books like this!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fascinating book with great historical stories that I’ve never heard elsewhere. Loved it!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Entertaining stories that are great for the listener who has short windows of time to hear stories
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good mix of random, perfect for those of us I love to be constantly learning.