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Giles Milton

Born

in Buckinghamshire, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1966

Website

http://www.gilesmilton.com/

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Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, History

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British writer and journalist Giles Milton was born in Buckinghamshire in 1966. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications, and specializes in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the Far East, and the Americas.

Knowledgeable, insatiably curious and entertaining, Milton locates history's most fascinating—and most overlooked—stories and brings them to life in his books.

He lives in London, where he is a member of the Hakluyt Society, which is dedicated to reprinting the works of explorers and adventurers in scholarly editions, some of which he uses in his research. He wrote most ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 26,816 ratings · 3,140 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat 4.35 avg rating — 6,426 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History 3.83 avg rating — 5,019 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters 3.65 avg rating — 2,979 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan 3.92 avg rating — 1,995 ratings — published 2002 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves 4.11 avg rating — 1,493 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World 4.43 avg rating — 1,317 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day 4.36 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America 4.03 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 2000 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922 4.24 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fascinating Footnotes from History 3.76 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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History's Unknown Chapters (2 books)
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Giles Milton

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Χαμένος παράδεισος: Σμύρνη, 1922 (2 books)
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Giles Milton,

Αλέξης Καλοφωλιάς (Translator)

3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings

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“The local natives were particularly curious to know why the English required such huge quantities of pepper and there was much scratching of heads until it was finally agreed that English houses were so cold that the walls were plastered with crushed pepper in order to produce heat.”
― Giles Milton, Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

tags: black-pepper, england, humorous-quotes, spice-islands, spices

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“In the Banda Islands, ten pounds of nutmeg cost less than one English penny. In London, that same spice sold for more than £2.10s. – a mark-up of a staggering 60,000 per cent. A small sackful was enough to set a man up for life, buying him a gabled dwelling in Holborn and a servant to attend to his needs”
― Giles Milton, Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

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“merchants who financed this expedition viewed it as a reconnaissance mission rather than a trading venture and little cargo was loaded on board the ships. Instead, all available space was converted into living space for the large number of men on board, a necessary feature of long voyages into the unknown. Many would die on the outward trip and for those that survived there was a cornucopia of tropical diseases awaiting them on their arrival in the East”
― Giles Milton, Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

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Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy

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The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle

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To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd

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The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson

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Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America by Giles Milton

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