Books with author Giles MILTON

In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Thirty-four years later, he returned, claiming to have visited not only Jerusalem, but India, China, Java, Sumatra and Borneo as well.His book about that voyage, THE TRAVELS, was heralded as the most important book of the Middle Ages as Mandeville claimed his voyage proved it was possible to circumnavigate the globe.In the nineteenth century sceptics questioned his voyage, and even doubted he had left England.THE RIDDLE AND THE KNIGHT sets out to discover whether Mandeville really could have made his voyage or whether, as is claimed, THE TRAVELS was a work of imaginative fiction. Bestselling historian Giles Milton unearths clues about the journey and reveals that THE TRAVELS is built upon a series of riddles which have, until now, remained unsolved.

Two little owls want to learn to fly--to fly high in the sky. But kind Daddy Owl says: “Not yet. You're far too small.” This lyrical story about little ones impatient to become big will resonate with children everywhere. Stunning collage paintings perfectly capture the warmth and energy of the irresistible babies as they stretch and grow and prepare to test their wings.

What kind of animal has a porcupine’s spines and a crocodile’s teeth; a flamingo’s neck and a toucan’s beak; a chameleon’s tail and a rooster’s feet? Has such a strange thing ever been seen? Fun and unique—like the fabulous beast it conjures up—Call Me Gorgeous! celebratesdiversity and the beautiful differences between all creatures. Its spectacular collage illustrations and humorous text will have kids laughing and guessing all the way through.

What kind of animal has a porcupine’s spines and a crocodile’s teeth; a flamingo’s neck and a toucan’s beak; a chameleon’s tail and a rooster’s feet? Has such a strange thing ever been seen? Fun and unique—like the fabulous beast it conjures up—Call Me Gorgeous! celebratesdiversity and the beautiful differences between all creatures. Its spectacular collage illustrations and humorous text will have kids laughing and guessing all the way through.

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men—along with three others—formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.