The magician who inspired Harry Houdini, a Nazi-fighting nurse and the doctor who discovered the importance of handwashing - just some of the extraordinary Aberdonians who are profiled in this book. This is local history like you have never seen it before: intriguing, bizarre and stranger-than-fiction. Featuring more than 36 biographies of people connected to the North East of Scotland, this book guarantees you will see the history - and people - of Aberdeenshire in a whole new light. In 2016, Lia Sanders set up Scot Free Tours in Aberdeen. Since then she has guided thousands of people around the city, specialising in surprising stories that are unknown even to the locals.