The Greatest Nobodies of History - by Adrian Bliss (Hardcover)

About the Book

"History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters"--

Book Synopsis

"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.

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer, and performer from London best known for his comedy sketches, which explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Bliss's work has earned him nearly twenty million followers across social media and has been featured on CNN, in The Times, and in Vogue. Adrian Bliss was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.