Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits of Our History by Justin Pollard

Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits of Our History

Justin Pollard

288 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous funny informative fast-paced
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Here are some little-known stories from British history. There's the story of why the city of Burlington isn't on the map; how Virginia Woolf sweet-talked her way aboard HMS Dreadnoought dressed as an Abyssinian prince; the agent who won an MBE an...

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