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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction, International Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9781405966580
Published: December 2025
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 352
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

The Rabbit Hole Book

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About the book

Whatever you think you know about history... think again!

The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, investigating the provenance of historical objects, real and metaphorical, with intelligence and humour

'Compulsively dip-in-able' The Times
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Ever fallen down a rabbit hole? Ever got lost chasing a fact, a hunch or a curious piece of cultural ephemera?

Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives - Richard Coles, Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer - are here to do the burrowing for you.
Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine?
What have chimpanzees to do with the invention of toilet paper?
How many dynamite sticks should not be used to blow up a...

About the Author

Richard Coles

Richard Coles

The Reverend Richard Coles is a writer, presenter and Church of England clergyman. He is the only vicar in Britain to have had a number-one hit single and appear on Strictly Come Dancing. Richard Coles is the author of the bestselling Murder Before Evensong mystery.

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Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine non-fiction books, including four Sunday Times bestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the Financial Times.

Spencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History.

He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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Cat Jarman

Cat Jarman

Professor Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist and field archaeologist and the bestselling author of River Kings and The Bone Chests. She is also a historical adviser for museums and an experienced public speaker who frequently shares her expertise on BBC radio, podcasts, and TV. Professor Jarman's research has been covered by print and online news outlets internationally.

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