When Churchill slaughtered sheep and Stalin robbed a bank
Subtitle: history's unknown chapters
By: Giles Milton
Contributors: Milton, Giles
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781250078759
Subjects: Miscellanea; History
Description: In this collection of obscure and addictive true tales from history, Milton presents outrageously unbelievable-- yet true-- stories from history. There's the Russian scientist who attempted to produce a human-ape hybrid; the family who survived thirty-eight days at sea after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; and Churchill ordered the test of biological weapons using sheep on a small Scottish island.
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain under the titles When Churchill slaughtered sheep and When Stalin robbed a bank by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Book I. When Churchill slaughtered sheep; title: When Churchill slaughtered sheep; title: A question of mistaken identity; title: Kings, queens and madmen; title: Papal bull; title: Up and away; title: Beauty and the beast; title: Get me out!; title: The bubble that burst; title: A child for the Fuhrer; title: Book II. When Stalin robbed a bank; title: When Stalin robbed a bank; title: It'll never happen to me; title: Escape from hell; title: Just plain weird; title: Die-hard Nazis; title: A trio of monsters; title: I am a hero; title: Rule-breakers.