A collection of interesting little stories and facts from world history, some featuring famous people doing little-known things, others highlighting spooky, funny, or intriguing moments. I can see this as an interesting book to leave on a coffee table or in a bathroom for guests to peruse when they have a spare moment, the stories were all a little too short for my preference - I often wanted to know more than the little snippet of facts we got. There were also too many tongue in check jokes and puns coming at the end of each story - not everything needs to have a “gotcha!” moment.

My favorite stories were those about famous writers like Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe, and the ones about famous people in ancient cultures, like St Valentine’s murder in Rome, and Locusta the poisoner, history’s first documented hitman. The various war stories were a little boring to me - other than the trip of bunnies who attacked Napoleon’s hunting party, lol.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book.