The Notorious Guide to Britain: A fascinating tour of the weird, wonderful, murderous and marvellous

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A fun and informative trip around the highways (not forgetting the low ways) and byways of Great Britain. Within its pages you will find love and romance, murder and mayhem, royalty, aristocrats and commoners, politics and politicians, sex and scandal, sporting triumphs and sporting disasters, millionaires and eccentrics, film stars and train robbers and much more besides. Why were some customers at Harrods offered cognac or smelling salts during their visit to the store What links DJ "Whispering Bob" Harris to a split pair of velvet trousers Which high street store issued a patent for a drug to treat syphilis The staff of which shop had uniforms by Mary Quant and hairstyles by Vidal Sassoon Who placed a sign on her bedroom door bearing the legend 'Chief Chick' Did you know that the cashpoint was invented while someone was having a bath

Reviews

'A splendid collection of deeds and misdeeds of the good, the bad and the downright nasty and the places they frequented.' * James Morton, best-selling crime author *

'With his deeply engaging forensic style at its best, Paul Donnelley has done it again! The Notorious Guide to Britain is a bulging treasure chest of gems, a dip-in-and-out must for trivia junkies and a sheer delight for anyone whos curious about our great nation. Its a witty, compelling, well-researched, utterly lovable book that youll buy as a kind gift ... but end up keeping.'

'The Notorious Guide To Britainis the best trivia book of the year, the decade and probably the century. Paul Donnelley is the finest researcher in Britain but he doesnt just know what to put in: he also knows what to leave out. No show-off he! Just the facts, Jack and these are absolutely splendid.'

Author Bio

Born in London, aged 15 Paul Donnelley wrote a quiz for the late Jeremy Beadle on the London radio station LBC, beginning an association that was to last almost 30 years. Two years later, he was the biggest outside contributor to the best-sellingHunter Davies's Bigger Book of British Lists.A lifetime dedicated to writing, editing and collecting odd facts,Paul is currentlyHead of Production atExpress.co.ukand a trivia columnist on theDaily Star.The Notorious Guide to Britainis his 30th book.