Derek Wilson

About The Author

Derek Wilson is one of Britain’s leading popular historians. Since leaving Cambridge, where he took the archbishop Cranmer Prize for post-graduate research, he has written more than fifty books, including Britain’s Rottenest Years, Rothschild: A Story of Wealth and Power, and Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man. He has made numerous radio and TV appearances.

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Calamities & Catastrophes

The Ten Absolutely Worst Years in History

By Derek Wilson

An educational and idiosyncratic account of the ten absolutely worst years in human history and what made them such stinkers.

They say that history is written by the winners. Not according to Derek Wilson.

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