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Giles Milton - Author

Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications and specialises in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East.

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Featured Books, with extracts, by Giles Milton

Wolfram The Boy Who Went to War
Giles Milton
The Allied bombers screamed in from the sea, spilling hundreds of shells onto the troops below. As the air filled with exploding shrapnel, one young German soldier flung himself into a ditch and prayed that his ordeal would soon be...
Format: Hardback - Released: 17/02/2011

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Edward Trencom's Nose
Giles Milton
The pungent odour of cheese will waft off the page in what for me is the debut novel of the year so far. Well I know it’s only mid January but I’ve read quite a few books scheduled for later...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/01/2007

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White Gold
Giles Milton
When you think of the slave trade I am sure you picture black Africans torn from their homes and cruelly treated in America, or maybe the Israelites in Ancient Egypt, but I don’t expect you picture the millions of white...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2005

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Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Giles Milton
History brought to life through a fascinating tale of adventure, survival, determination and pure grit, for the acquiring of spices, which could be engendering great wealth, was fraught with danger. Pirates, war, treachery, disease, murder and heroism are all here...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 16/03/2000

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