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Jenner uses all the questions you never dared to ask about history as an excellent excuse to rummage around in some funny, fascinating, and downright peculiar corners of the past. Every page contains delights, and you will be illuminated and entertained in equal measure. - Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The Butchering ArtIf history informs our future, Greg Jenner is one of the best informants out there. He is a natural story-teller, conveying complex ideas and events with pep, verve, and wit. For anyone who regularly asks the question 'Why?', this book is for you. - Susie Dent, author of Word PerfectIn this brilliantly funny book, Greg proves yet again that history is for absolutely everybody. - Shaparak KhorsandiA lively selection, spanning a diverse array of subjects and periods... a great way into some of history's biggest themes and concepts. - HISTORY REVEALED, Book of the MonthThis rewarding romp through the highways and byways of the past... is an immensely enjoyable book, written in a lively, engaging style accessible to a broad audience of all ages... One of Jenner's real achievements is the creation of a genre of public history that fuses scholarly research with humour, and it is intended to entertain as much as it is to educate. For this he is to be congratulated. - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE