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The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments
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...
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...
295 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 29, 2024
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Adrian Bliss
2 books65 followersAdrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London best known for his comedy sketches which explore everything from history to natural science to religion.
Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play "Inside Everyone" sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.
Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play "Inside Everyone" sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.
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February 2, 2025
If nothing else, this book gave me an, ahem, interesting quote from the perspective of one Yersinia Pestis, known to many as the Black Plague.
The entire premise of this book is to show a bit hyperbolized stretches of history through the unexpected eyes while parodying certain genres. And so we get a view on Diogenes in Ancient Athens through the irritated letters of an irked “concerned citizen” who is not exactly enjoying a vagabond living in a barrel on his doorstep; a courtroom drama from an attempt to accuse a Vestal of impropriety in Ancient Rome; a smoke-filled interview with plague bacteria Yersinia Pestis who’s basically an aging star with a raspy voice and a cigarette in her hand, looking back at a life of glamor, missing that one flea agent “Natasha” and a boy Pierre (“counting the stars, just before he erupted in boils and pustules”); the spirit of a ferret who was the true star of Leonardo’s “Lady with an Ermine” - because who cares about the human backdrop???; the Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518 narrated as a painfully obvious and therefore hilarious satire of Britain’s terribly erratic response to Covid; the story of Charles I hiding in an oak tree after Britain briefly became Cromwell’s sorta-republic — but from the point of view of royalist and not-so-royalist trees; the sad story of an escaped enslaved boy in Mauritius who finds love without a hint of funny in “The Last Dodo”; an odd story of Buffalo Bill through the eyes of his horse’s understudy (probably my least favorite because I really just don’t care about anything or anyone in it); and a story of the Great Emu War of 1932 from the point of view of Emu general (and apparently it actually happened — the crazy confrontation between rampaging emu and soldiers armed with guns. Seriously).
But the one featured on the cover gets the cake for the funniest of them all, as long as you are not opposed to a touch of scatological humor. Since I’m not, this was my second favorite after the Yersinia Pestis “don’t mention the Black Plague as it was so boring” interview. “The Deputy Groom of the Stool” shows us the scheming point of view of an assistant to what must be the most bafflingly disgusting court post ever - the Groom of the Stool, the “stool” being the, well, “crapper”. It’s - ahem - nice, yes - nice, knowing that the King had someone to take charge of his bowel movements and his diet meant at easing those. Although sticking lavender up the nose may have made it only slightly easier to scheme while applying the hemorrhoids paste.
It helps if you are already familiar with the events Bliss portrays (although not knowing squat about the Emu Wars did not matter at all, to be honest), but just in case after every story there are a few paragraphs explaining the history of it. And the audio is just absolutely lovely, especially the Vestal courtroom scene.
It’s funny and cute and (in a couple of chapters) sad and a bit uneven, to be honest. A few of these stories run just a touch too long, but overall a decent effort that made me laugh instead of banging my head on the steering wheel as I was stuck in traffic. Before this, Adrian Bliss was a complete nobody to me; now I’m happy to try whatever else he writes.
3.5 stars.
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Also posted on my blog.
“Have you ever been in a rat’s anus, honey? You’d want to forget too.”
The entire premise of this book is to show a bit hyperbolized stretches of history through the unexpected eyes while parodying certain genres. And so we get a view on Diogenes in Ancient Athens through the irritated letters of an irked “concerned citizen” who is not exactly enjoying a vagabond living in a barrel on his doorstep; a courtroom drama from an attempt to accuse a Vestal of impropriety in Ancient Rome; a smoke-filled interview with plague bacteria Yersinia Pestis who’s basically an aging star with a raspy voice and a cigarette in her hand, looking back at a life of glamor, missing that one flea agent “Natasha” and a boy Pierre (“counting the stars, just before he erupted in boils and pustules”); the spirit of a ferret who was the true star of Leonardo’s “Lady with an Ermine” - because who cares about the human backdrop???; the Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518 narrated as a painfully obvious and therefore hilarious satire of Britain’s terribly erratic response to Covid; the story of Charles I hiding in an oak tree after Britain briefly became Cromwell’s sorta-republic — but from the point of view of royalist and not-so-royalist trees; the sad story of an escaped enslaved boy in Mauritius who finds love without a hint of funny in “The Last Dodo”; an odd story of Buffalo Bill through the eyes of his horse’s understudy (probably my least favorite because I really just don’t care about anything or anyone in it); and a story of the Great Emu War of 1932 from the point of view of Emu general (and apparently it actually happened — the crazy confrontation between rampaging emu and soldiers armed with guns. Seriously).
“Birds! (Silence, everyone completely focused) For too long the humans have drawn their lines on shared soil and claimed ownership of what they cannot own. (Lots of nodding and muttering in assent) Tomorrow we shall march into the big field and eat. (Big cheers) And then we shall eat in the other fields too. (Even bigger cheers) We shall eat in the wheat fields; we shall eat in the barley fields. (Much bigger cheers) We shall eat the oats and the legumes! (Deafening cheers) And when they throw manure at us, well, perhaps we shall eat that too. (Went a bit quiet) And we shall never surrender! (Huge cheers and applause)”
But the one featured on the cover gets the cake for the funniest of them all, as long as you are not opposed to a touch of scatological humor. Since I’m not, this was my second favorite after the Yersinia Pestis “don’t mention the Black Plague as it was so boring” interview. “The Deputy Groom of the Stool” shows us the scheming point of view of an assistant to what must be the most bafflingly disgusting court post ever - the Groom of the Stool, the “stool” being the, well, “crapper”. It’s - ahem - nice, yes - nice, knowing that the King had someone to take charge of his bowel movements and his diet meant at easing those. Although sticking lavender up the nose may have made it only slightly easier to scheme while applying the hemorrhoids paste.
“2 am—Bowel movement: After a bedtime enema, His Majesty awoke to perform a strong and persistent discharge, contents of which were full and firm, indicating complete evacuation. A long and sustained note marked the finish, of which the Royal trumpeter would be proud.”
It helps if you are already familiar with the events Bliss portrays (although not knowing squat about the Emu Wars did not matter at all, to be honest), but just in case after every story there are a few paragraphs explaining the history of it. And the audio is just absolutely lovely, especially the Vestal courtroom scene.
It’s funny and cute and (in a couple of chapters) sad and a bit uneven, to be honest. A few of these stories run just a touch too long, but overall a decent effort that made me laugh instead of banging my head on the steering wheel as I was stuck in traffic. Before this, Adrian Bliss was a complete nobody to me; now I’m happy to try whatever else he writes.
3.5 stars.
“More than anything, I hope these stories serve as a reminder that nobody is really a nobody. We can’t all be famous Renaissance masters or constipated kings, but when the human race finally bows out of the cosmos in who knows how many years, each and every one of us can be safe in the knowledge that, without us, nothing would’ve been the same.
I think it was Marie Antoinette’s dog sitter who once said, “No one is too small to make a difference, even if they have just been made up to give attribution to a fabricated quote,” which was just so like her.”
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Also posted on my blog.
August 30, 2024
I've read hundreds of books and now I can finally confirm I've read one with a chapter from the point of view of a ferret. Did I ever expect to write this sentence? No. Am I glad I can? Yes, and I have Adrian Bliss to thank.
Bliss is a very well-known content creator on social media. No, don't run away! Come back! Don't judge the author by their fame vehicle! Thanks for coming back. Okay, hear me out.
If you spend any time on the apps (as the kids call them), then you have run into his videos. He has a distinctive voice and a very "Monty Python" way of delivering his humor. Before picking up the book, I went back and watched some of his content to remind myself what I was getting into. What I failed to pick up on first viewings is that Bliss needs to have an understanding of history for many of his videos to work. Like most comedy, you can't get away with it for very long without some intelligence behind it.
With this in mind, I dove into The Greatest Nobodies of History and enjoyed the hell out of it. Each chapter tackles a story from history from the perspective of a "nobody." This nobody may be a ferret, a horse, or a king's groom. Crucially, my biggest problem with historically based comedy books is handled right away. I hate reading comedy books based in history where I am left guessing what was real and what was invented for a laugh. In this book, I found that at the end of each chapter is a handy rundown of the actual history from the chapter. Yes, I just read about the Great Emu War from the point of view of the "Emu in charge", but when I finished laughing, I got a full accounting of the facts in the story I just laughed through. Like Bliss' videos on the apps, it is easy to laugh and not take anything seriously, but there is thought and real work behind the final product.
I should also point out that there is real emotion to some chapters. In fact, a story set on an isolated island is fully dramatic with no humor to be seen. It took me by surprise and the tone change didn't ruin my enjoyment. Bliss is not a one trick pony, but I wouldn't put it past him to play one in his next video.
The book is a great time. Give it a read.
(This book was provided as an advance copy by Netgalley and Ballantine Books.)
Bliss is a very well-known content creator on social media. No, don't run away! Come back! Don't judge the author by their fame vehicle! Thanks for coming back. Okay, hear me out.
If you spend any time on the apps (as the kids call them), then you have run into his videos. He has a distinctive voice and a very "Monty Python" way of delivering his humor. Before picking up the book, I went back and watched some of his content to remind myself what I was getting into. What I failed to pick up on first viewings is that Bliss needs to have an understanding of history for many of his videos to work. Like most comedy, you can't get away with it for very long without some intelligence behind it.
With this in mind, I dove into The Greatest Nobodies of History and enjoyed the hell out of it. Each chapter tackles a story from history from the perspective of a "nobody." This nobody may be a ferret, a horse, or a king's groom. Crucially, my biggest problem with historically based comedy books is handled right away. I hate reading comedy books based in history where I am left guessing what was real and what was invented for a laugh. In this book, I found that at the end of each chapter is a handy rundown of the actual history from the chapter. Yes, I just read about the Great Emu War from the point of view of the "Emu in charge", but when I finished laughing, I got a full accounting of the facts in the story I just laughed through. Like Bliss' videos on the apps, it is easy to laugh and not take anything seriously, but there is thought and real work behind the final product.
I should also point out that there is real emotion to some chapters. In fact, a story set on an isolated island is fully dramatic with no humor to be seen. It took me by surprise and the tone change didn't ruin my enjoyment. Bliss is not a one trick pony, but I wouldn't put it past him to play one in his next video.
The book is a great time. Give it a read.
(This book was provided as an advance copy by Netgalley and Ballantine Books.)
November 15, 2024
The format held such funny and silly promise: Introduce an event/time period/person, and then introduce a completely ridiculous retelling of said time, and then round it out with the facts. I enjoyed the first couple stories, but then it began to feel overdone and too silly.
September 10, 2024
I never thought I would be giving a History book 5 stars but here I am. This was an absolutely delightful way to learn about key moments in history through the eyes of seemingly insignificant people/animals/trees/viruses🤣 Where else can you learn about the Bubonic Plague staight from the virus itself🤣
Adrian Bliss has this special way of delivering information without making it feel like a chore. This was genuinely so funny but so informative!
Adrian Bliss has this special way of delivering information without making it feel like a chore. This was genuinely so funny but so informative!
November 14, 2024
In the minority, I found this somewhat tedious. It started weak, got better in the middle, and ended weak and confusing. I couldn't even finish the last two chapters without slipping to the next just to be done with it.
I feel a little misled simply because I'm a devotee of his videos, and thought that his writing would be similar. It's not that it was simply different, it completely lacked the gentle punches I have become accustomed to and enjoy so much. It wasn't soft comedy, it was a lack of comedy and at times very hard to follow.
But I am glad that it brings others so much joy, I simply regret my purchase.
I feel a little misled simply because I'm a devotee of his videos, and thought that his writing would be similar. It's not that it was simply different, it completely lacked the gentle punches I have become accustomed to and enjoy so much. It wasn't soft comedy, it was a lack of comedy and at times very hard to follow.
But I am glad that it brings others so much joy, I simply regret my purchase.
August 31, 2024
have been waiting for this to come out it was SO good, love the style of comedy and having the chapters based on the pov of non-human characters was such a great touch, also loved the footnotes and final few pages of each chapter explaining the real history behind them, 10/10 would read again
December 18, 2024
usually i don't really like books that have too much humor in them as they tend to bore me and end up being corny, but this one is a big exception. this was funny, informative, and entertaining. not a single story bored me or had me tapped out, on the contrary, it was a blast
October 2, 2024
ouu my first audiobook and it was a trip! i didn’t know audiobooks required so much forethought and planning because my god in christ i couldn’t figure out a single way to listen that wasn’t actively like, slotting out time for it.
i loved this so much. i’ve been looking forward to it ever since i heard about it, for adrian is one of my favorite content creators (and i don’t say that lightly, because i only have one content creator i like and/or watch and it’s him). a history book of non-important important side characters! there’s a chapter from the pov of an understudy horse, another from the perspective of a ferret with great dreams, tragically misrepresented as an ermine, yet another from king henry viii’s groom of the stool. (the way adrian says bowel movement, VIOLENT diarrhea! in this distinctively fervent way is seared into my brain) there’s the dancing plague, and the interview with the *actual* bubonic plague; commentary done quite astutely and thoughtfully, narration that made me burst out laughing despite myself. it’s a wonderful, funny little book, full of anecdotes and retellings, the “fiction” always followed by the facts to keep the narrative straight and engaging. i loved it! it was genuinely everything i expected from this book and then some more, and yes i did end up…missing out on a few paragraphs because my mind wandered twice but that just means i’ll have to relisten! which i’m excited about! and then hopefully when the book releases bona fide later this month in the written version, i get to reread it! a gift that never stops giving, if we think about it.😝 5/5 stars and very deservingly so.
i loved this so much. i’ve been looking forward to it ever since i heard about it, for adrian is one of my favorite content creators (and i don’t say that lightly, because i only have one content creator i like and/or watch and it’s him). a history book of non-important important side characters! there’s a chapter from the pov of an understudy horse, another from the perspective of a ferret with great dreams, tragically misrepresented as an ermine, yet another from king henry viii’s groom of the stool. (the way adrian says bowel movement, VIOLENT diarrhea! in this distinctively fervent way is seared into my brain) there’s the dancing plague, and the interview with the *actual* bubonic plague; commentary done quite astutely and thoughtfully, narration that made me burst out laughing despite myself. it’s a wonderful, funny little book, full of anecdotes and retellings, the “fiction” always followed by the facts to keep the narrative straight and engaging. i loved it! it was genuinely everything i expected from this book and then some more, and yes i did end up…missing out on a few paragraphs because my mind wandered twice but that just means i’ll have to relisten! which i’m excited about! and then hopefully when the book releases bona fide later this month in the written version, i get to reread it! a gift that never stops giving, if we think about it.😝 5/5 stars and very deservingly so.
January 16, 2025
First book I’m reading after being in a slump for a few weeks.
I’m back in a slump now. This was so incredibly disappointing in every way. I learned almost nothing about anyone or anything. It made me cringe
I’m back in a slump now. This was so incredibly disappointing in every way. I learned almost nothing about anyone or anything. It made me cringe
November 8, 2024
The stories about the dodo birds and the emus completely wrecked me. Like, why was I sobbing about birds?! I don’t even particularly like birds?!
January 19, 2025
This book held such a good promise, but about halfway through, I lost interest. The rating is due to the fact that I did learn some new historical facts.
November 3, 2024
Not as funny as it should be - the writing style feels quite "try hard".
November 23, 2024
A really cute and charming short story collection!
January 2, 2025
The premise is cute, but it's very repetitive and silly. Also knowing most of the historical events made this feel less special. After the chapter told by a ferret I was very leery and then a chapter about human excrement made me stop caring.
September 6, 2024
A fun read, charming and sweet. Do not expect anything groundbreaking, but instead a series interesting and humorous stories from history with a unique perspective.
January 3, 2025
Not That Funny
I love Adrian Bliss’ TikTok skits but these humorous stories didn’t make me laugh. I enjoyed reading the Facts section the best.
I love Adrian Bliss’ TikTok skits but these humorous stories didn’t make me laugh. I enjoyed reading the Facts section the best.
February 24, 2025
This book explores various historical figures and events through the people adjacent. It's told in a humorous fashion which makes it engaging and entertaining.
November 16, 2024
I follow Adrian Bliss’ Instagram page for years and I love his funny and intelligent sketches. So, when I saw that he had written a book I knew I would have so much fun reading it. And I did.
In each chapter of the book Adrian tells us a part of our history from the POV of a nobody, a minor character – we have the POV of a ferret, of an Oak, of an Emu, of the Plague itself… his imagination has no limits!
This is a fun, intelligent and smart book. You will have a laugh while learning history. What do you want more? A second book.
In each chapter of the book Adrian tells us a part of our history from the POV of a nobody, a minor character – we have the POV of a ferret, of an Oak, of an Emu, of the Plague itself… his imagination has no limits!
This is a fun, intelligent and smart book. You will have a laugh while learning history. What do you want more? A second book.
October 6, 2024
This is probably the funniest history book I have ever read! The author has chosen different people and stories from different countries and different time periods, and he tells the story the way he figured things actually happened. And after each chapter we get the real stories according to facts and sources, but with a lot less detail and humor. I really hope Adrian Bliss makes a series out of this, because this is the most fun I've ever had learning history. I want more! Much more!
January 11, 2025
Some stories are best enjoyed in a tik tok/reels format. The punchline and the gravitas of the storytelling really comes through because of Adrian voice and expressions, sorely lacking in the book.
February 3, 2025
this was a fun read! Adrian Bliss places you right in these moments of history, either through imagined accounts of real people, or by creating characters of his own to tell stories of real events. After these imagined accounts, the last section of a chapter (called “The Facts”) gave a brief rundown of the true story as recorded by historians.
I would say this is best experienced as an audiobook, since that gives you the fully immersive experience via voice acting and sound effects.
I would say this is best experienced as an audiobook, since that gives you the fully immersive experience via voice acting and sound effects.
November 14, 2024
Still laughing.. haha 😄
If you like your history mixed with silliness, you will enjoy this. The worst job in history has to be the royal toilet attendant of King Henry the 8th!
If you like your history mixed with silliness, you will enjoy this. The worst job in history has to be the royal toilet attendant of King Henry the 8th!
February 1, 2025
Hilarious and ingenious storytelling. I laughed, I cried, and enjoyed nearly every minute. There was some language and themes that weren’t necessary at times, but I still very much enjoyed the stories in this book. Definitely would recommend to anyone searching for an enjoyable book to listen to.
March 21, 2025
Kimse, "kimse" değildir fikrinden yola çıkılarak yazılmış eğlenceli, zeki ve yer yer de meraklandıran bir eser. Adrian Bliss'in skeçlerinden tanıyan birisi için nasıl bu kadar komik biri olduğunu anlamak zor olmuyor.
December 23, 2024
Good concept, but unfortunately I just felt it lacked execution. It was off-putting that fictional characters from whatever-century ago were speaking in full modern English.
This book also took me about 2 months to read, but I did learn about history, so that's a positive.
This book also took me about 2 months to read, but I did learn about history, so that's a positive.
July 13, 2025
I really disliked this - I did not read the book description carefully enough, I actually thought it was going to be a historical look at figures from history that were not well known. Instead this was a feeble comedy effort with a bunch of theatrical set pieces of fictional exchanges with history-adjacent characters; Court transcript of a trial involving a Roman Vestal Virgin, a mock modern day interview with A celebrity virus Yersina Pestis (The Black Plague) etc etc. So, yes, once I discovered this was not going to be a ‘real’ history book, I was quite disappointed. I persevered, hoping the satire or parody would eventually carry me along, but no. It was lame, it wasn’t funny, it wasn’t even interesting. Lesson learned, pay more attention to the description and maybe some reviews!
January 3, 2025
The book starts off pretty strong with giving a light-hearted humorous take on the possibilities of things that happen historically. I can appreciate this as reading dense history books can be difficult for me to pay attention to. The first few chapters were nice and then it felt like it just got repetitive. I wanted to like the book more because I liked the first few chapters but the last ones just slogged on and felt very childish. It feels like this can be more of a book for young readers rather than someone who's interested in history. I like Adrian's, Instagram brand of comedy but when it came to his book I think it fell short.
December 31, 2024
Well written but actually mostly sad and not funny. I liked the ideas and they did have their fun moments but the author always chose rather dark settings or at least narratives that dealt with sad themes. I think when you expect the book to be like the author's comedy sketches, your expectations will not be met.
Not a bad book but not what I was looking for based on my previous knowledge of Bliss' work.
Not a bad book but not what I was looking for based on my previous knowledge of Bliss' work.
November 9, 2024
If you’re a fan of Adrian Bliss’s videos on Instagram, you’ll like his book. Bliss takes real life moments in history and puts his own comedic spin on things, often taking the POV of very strange and random side characters. Famous nobodies include:
🪶Leonardo Da Vinci’s ferret
🪶Henry VIII’s groom of the stool (a real position!)
🪶The understudy of Buffalo Bill’s horse (also a horse)
🪶Yersinia Pestis (the bacterium responsible for the Black Plague)
…and many more!
His vignettes are very on brand (think: eccentric) and I highly recommend the audiobook - the production value is great! Listening to these chapters was like watching (in my head) Bliss’s very funny, very creative, videos. And they are all centered on true moments in history! Some of my favorite parts were actually when Bliss wraps up each chapter with “The Facts,” providing a debrief on the historical source that provided his comedy’s inspiration.
You’ll learn, you’ll laugh, and you’ll be newly appreciative for all the forgotten ferrets of history.
🪶Leonardo Da Vinci’s ferret
🪶Henry VIII’s groom of the stool (a real position!)
🪶The understudy of Buffalo Bill’s horse (also a horse)
🪶Yersinia Pestis (the bacterium responsible for the Black Plague)
…and many more!
His vignettes are very on brand (think: eccentric) and I highly recommend the audiobook - the production value is great! Listening to these chapters was like watching (in my head) Bliss’s very funny, very creative, videos. And they are all centered on true moments in history! Some of my favorite parts were actually when Bliss wraps up each chapter with “The Facts,” providing a debrief on the historical source that provided his comedy’s inspiration.
You’ll learn, you’ll laugh, and you’ll be newly appreciative for all the forgotten ferrets of history.
August 6, 2025
Hmm, the title of the book is amazing and was the reason why I wanted to read this book before others on the pile. You have your Caesars, Constantines and Ottos but I have read about them and wanted to go a level deeper to know about minor characters in history that helped these people achieve what they did.
This book does that in some ways but it's mainly humour and fictitious stories inspired by historical events. A cool idea but that wasn't what I was looking for.
I have to give it the point for starting off weak with the story of Diogenes but then becoming better (much better). The story in Strasbourg was really nice, the ass wiper of Henry was cool too but it focused again on the marriages, which I read extensively about. The dodo 🦤 thing was okay.
Some stories I really couldn't get into. The ferret, the oak thing and the horse Charlie. I was reading these stories but I really wasn't. My head was empty during and after finishing those stories. Can't remember much of them.
Because of the huge font of the text, and many gaps between the paragraphs, I finished the book in three days. Maybe it was required from the publisher to hit the 300 pages mark (actually 290). But you can easily read this book and it gives you the sense of achievement because you can read it fast.
Cool concept, not the greatest of value..... to me at least.
This book does that in some ways but it's mainly humour and fictitious stories inspired by historical events. A cool idea but that wasn't what I was looking for.
I have to give it the point for starting off weak with the story of Diogenes but then becoming better (much better). The story in Strasbourg was really nice, the ass wiper of Henry was cool too but it focused again on the marriages, which I read extensively about. The dodo 🦤 thing was okay.
Some stories I really couldn't get into. The ferret, the oak thing and the horse Charlie. I was reading these stories but I really wasn't. My head was empty during and after finishing those stories. Can't remember much of them.
Because of the huge font of the text, and many gaps between the paragraphs, I finished the book in three days. Maybe it was required from the publisher to hit the 300 pages mark (actually 290). But you can easily read this book and it gives you the sense of achievement because you can read it fast.
Cool concept, not the greatest of value..... to me at least.
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