366: A Leap Year of Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year

In this sequel to the bestselling 365, W. B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick present a compendium of new stories describing historical events – one for every day in the year – that are by turns amazing, shocking, touching and tearful.

16 January 1920: Prohibition is born
14 February 270: St Valentine’s martyrdom gives birth to a romantic tradition
5 July 1946: The bikini swimsuit makes its debut at a Paris fashion show
22 December 1849: Dostoyevsky is led out for a pretend execution
29 May 1453: The Turks conquer Constantinople – the end of the Middle Ages
15 December 1939: Gone With the Wind opens in Atlanta

Read about the first-ever tanks going into combat on the Somme, Pushkin’s death in a duel, Nietzsche’s dramatic breakdown in Turin, Jesse Owens humiliating the Nazis at the Olympic Games and much, much more.