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The Greatest Nobodies of History

By: Adrian Bliss
Narrated by: Adrian Bliss, Beth Rylance, Sebastian Humphreys, Kristin Atherton
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“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. Civilization Funny Witty Royalty World Ancient Greece Thought-Provoking Feel-Good

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“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
Creative Perspectives • Informative Insights • Excellent Narration • Humorous Storytelling • Unique Approach • Dry Wit

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This creative take on history is a great listen. the narration was done really well and the stories are absolutely charming. I strongly recommend it!

Very fun!

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Prefect reading! Hopefully there will be a volume 2 in the near future, and then a volume 3. Lots of wonderful moments that will stay with you!

Lots of fun!

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I loved every story in this book. It was worth getting written up at work for getting caught with headphones in, I just couldn’t stop listening …. Much needed laughter I needed in my life …thank you so much!!!

The best book I could’ve asked for as such horrible times were in right now

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As someone who is a fan of Adrian Bliss’s social media content, I was excited to hear about his book. As expected, there are many funny passages in the book. What was not expected were the equal amounts of poignant passages. Adrian shows himself to be a very capable writer. The chapter of the trial of the vestal virgin smacked of British humor. Whereas the chapter of the last Dodo, which you would expect to be very funny, was a heart wrenching tale. I will eagerly await his next book

Bliss is Bliss

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Bravo Adrian! Beautiful writing, filled with clever thought, and prose. I laughed, cried and learned...what more could one ask for from an audio book? Fingers crossed for an encore of some sort. We'll done!

Clever and comical revision of history

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