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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters by Giles Milton
reflectiverambling_nalana's review
adventurous
dark
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
A fun little romp of stories that span both the amusing and arbitrary as well as the appalling and adventurous to straight up astounding little lost chapters of world history. I enjoyed that it had a global focus. Even when it was retelling darker tales it maintained a good grasp of storytelling. This gave a uniformed tone that didn't take away from the bright and interesting tidbits.
scarletohhara's review
4.0
Spotted the book in the display at Frankfurt airport (Sidenote - if an airport bookstall could be that good in it's content and variety, the city bookstores must be awesome! No wonder that country is doing so good, and has such smart people!) and was immediately interested, thanks to the interesting title.
The book is a collection of strange anecdotes from the Sidenote of history and are narrated well.
The book is a collection of strange anecdotes from the Sidenote of history and are narrated well.
katriddell's review
4.0
I'd come across several of these stories before, but they're all fascinating tidbits that don't really get mentioned in history class. This books was very enjoyable, and pure potato chip reading-I always needed just one more chapter!
lipsandpalms's review
4.0
Extremely entertaining in the way that the book provides many interesting anecdotes for ice-breakers at house-parties. A fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously.