**More addictive and mind-blowing true tales from history, told by Giles
Milton--one of today's most entertaining and accessible yet always
intelligent and illuminating historians
**
In When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank, the
second installment in his outrageously entertaining series, History's
Unknown Chapters, Giles Milton shows his customary historical flair as
he delves into the little-known stories from history, like when Stalin
was actually assassinated with poison by one of his inner circle; the
Russian scientist, dubbed the "Red Frankenstein," who attempted to
produce a human-ape hybrid through ethically dubious means; the family
who survived thirty-eight days at sea with almost no water or supplies
after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; or the plot that
served as a template for 9/11 in which four Algerian terrorists
attempted to hijack a plane and fly it into the Eiffel Tower.