<div><P>In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza—a word that meant "big chief". The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, who caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1587, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor, with more than one hundred English men, women, and children, to establish the settlement of Roanoke, Virginia. But in 1590, a supply ship arrived at the colony to discover that the settlers had vanished.<br><br>For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony of Roanoke were frustrated by the mighty chieftain, Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, who vowed to drive the English out of America. Only when it was too late did the settlers discover the incredible news that Ralegh's colonists had survived in the forests for almost two decades before being slaughtered in cold blood by  henchmen. While Manteo, Sir Walter Ralegh's "savage," had played a pivotal role in establishing the first English settlement in America, he had also unwittingly contributed to one of the earliest chapters in the decimation of the Native American population. The mystery of what happened to the Roanoke colonists, who seemed to vanish without a trace, lies at the heart of this well-researched work of narrative history.</P></div>

Big Chief Elizabeth

<div><P><B>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<br></B><br>In <I>When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank</I>, 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.</P></div>

When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank

<div><P><B>Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles Milton</B><br><br>The  first installment in Giles Milton's outrageously entertaining series,  History's Unknown Chapters: colorful and accessible, intelligent and  illuminating, Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves  into the little-known stories from the past.<br><br>There's the cook  aboard the Titanic, who pickled himself with whiskey and survived in the  icy seas where most everyone else died. There's the man who survived  the atomic bomb in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And there's many, many  more. <br><br>Covering everything from adventure, war, murder and  slavery to espionage, including the stories of the female Robinson  Crusoe, Hitler's final hours, Japan's deadly balloon bomb and the  emperor of the United States, these tales deserve to be told.</P></div>

When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain

<div><P><B>A powerful and true story of warfare and human survival that exposes a side of World War II that is unknown by many— this is the story of Wolfram Aïchele, a boy whose childhood was stolen by a war in which he had no choice but to fight.</B><br><br>Giles Milton has been a writer and historian for many years, writing about people and places that history has forgotten. But it took his young daughter's depiction of a swastika on an imaginary family shield - the swastika representing Germany - for Giles to uncover the incredible, dark story of his own family and his father-in-law's life under Hitler's regime.<br><br>As German citizens during World War II, Wolfram and his Bohemian, artist parents survived one of the most brutal eras of history. Wolfram, who was only nine years old when Hitler came to power, lived through the rise and fall of the Third Reich, from the earliest street marches to the final defeat of the Nazi regime. Conscripted into Hitler's army, he witnessed the brutality of war - first on the Russian front and then on the Normandy beaches. <br><br>Seen through German eyes and written with remarkable sensitivity, The Boy Who Went to War is a powerful story of warfare and human survival and a reminder to us all that civilians on both sides suffered the consequences of Hitler's war<I>.</I></P></div>

The Boy Who Went to War

<div><P><B>Part travelogue/part historical mystery about the most famous traveler--and chronicler-- in medieval Europe.</B><br><br>Giles Milton's first book, <I>The Riddle and the Knight</I>, is a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was once the most famous writer in medieval Europe. Mandeville wrote a book about his voyage around the world that became a beacon that lit the way for the great expeditions of the Renaissance, and his exploits and adventures provided inspiration for writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats. By the nineteenth century however, his claims were largely discredited by academics. Giles Milton set off in the footsteps of Mandeville, in order to test his amazing claims, and to restore Mandeville to his rightful place in the literature of exploration. <br>"Erudite, witty and adventurous" (<I>The Mail on Sunday</I>), <I>The Riddle and the Knight</I> is a brilliant piece of detective work.</P></div>

The Riddle and the Knight

<div><P>A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas.<br><br>The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored.<br><br>Yet 370 years ago, Run's harvest of nutmeg (a pound of which yielded a 3,200 percent profit by the time it arrived in England) turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and the British Crown. The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland but in return was given Manhattan. This led not only to the birth of New York but also to the beginning of the British Empire.<br><br>Such a deal was due to the persistence of one man. Nathaniel Courthope and his small band of adventurers were sent to Run in October 1616, and for four years held off the massive Dutch navy. Nathaniel's Nutmeg centers on the remarkable showdown between Courthope and the Dutch Governor General Jan Coen, and the brutal fate of the mariners racing to Run--and the other corners of the globe--to reap the huge profits of the spice trade. Written with the flair of a historical sea novel but based on rigorous research, Giles Milton's <I>Nathaniel's Nutmeg</I> is a brilliant adventure story by Giles Milton, a writer who has been hailed as the "new Bruce Chatwin" (<I>Mail</I> on Sunday).</P></div>

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Big Chief Elizabeth

When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank

When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain

The Boy Who Went to War

The Riddle and the Knight

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

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When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank

When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain

The Boy Who Went to War

The Riddle and the Knight

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

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