
The Greatest Nobodies of History
Minor Characters from Major Moments
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Narrated by:
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Adrian Bliss
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Beth Rylance
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Sebastian Humphreys
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Kristin Atherton
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By:
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Adrian Bliss
“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
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 front lines of the Great Emu War.
All that follows really happened, and some of it could even be true.
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Very fun!
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Lots of fun!
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Completely enjoyed this book!
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very creative
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Bliss is Bliss
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Clever and comical revision of history
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absolutely brilliant
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I’ve listened to this book three times. The first time was really good! The second time I picked up even more of the humor. The third time I enjoyed the anticipation of each pun.
I also liked the format of the creative perspectives, kernel of fact, and the individual, bite sized stories.
Love love love this book😍
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Light, humorous, and creatively educational
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Kudos, Adrian! Hope there's a volume 2 one day.
So glad he read it himself!
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