Nelson’s spyglass, Florence Nightingale’s shoes, Anne Boleyn’s portrait of Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s signature on a deed. This book contains 101 curious items, each with an extraordinary story to tell. From the last letter that Dickens ever wrote to a handwritten report on the sinking of the Titanic and the return ticket to Epsom of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, each item offers a fascinating new perspective into Britain’s amazing history. AUTHOR: Sophie Campbell (www.love-london.com) is an accredited London Blue Badge Guide who writes a regular travel and heritage column for the Daily Telegraph. She also presented a series of BBC2’s The Travel Show. SELLING POINTS: . 101 bizarre objects from British history that are rarely seen . Queen Victoria’s dancing shoes, Darwin’s walking stick, . Shackleton’s snow goggles and Charles II’s hair 150 colour and black and white images