{"product_id":"mavericks-hb-9781786788986","title":"Mavericks","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Watkins Media Limited (US, CA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781786788986\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 0.567 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eIn her first book, popular��TikTok historian J Draper uses her characteristic wit and intellect to��introduce us to extraordinary figures marginalized by history, and the lessons we can learn from them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty and engaging��TikTok��historian J.D. Draper digs out unusual stories of individuals that have shaped the world, and discovers the lessons their unique experiences can teach us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking away from history as told through the lens of kings, queens and nobles, this book instead lifts the lid on 24 fascinating stories of little-known underdogs, mavericks, trailblazers and oddballs. Through these stories you will meet characters such as:��\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Chevalier d'Eon\u003c\/b\u003e �����a fencing master, spy and diplomat who came out as a woman in 18th-century London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eEllen and William Craft\u003c\/b\u003e �����a married couple who made a daring escape from slavery in the American south��\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeter the Wild Boy\u003c\/b\u003e �����a child found living in the woods in Germany who was��taken to the royal court in England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCaroline Herschel\u003c\/b\u003e �����the first British woman to be paid for scientific work, and a discoverer of comets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWilliam Buckland\u003c\/b\u003e �����the man who wrote the first account of a dinosaur ��� yet who also ate the heart of a French king\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEleanor Rykener�����\u003c\/b\u003e a gender-bending sex worker from medieval England who spilled juicy gossip about her clients in the clergy��Juliana Popjoy��-��a society beauty who lived in a tree for years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePaul Robeson\u003c\/b\u003e ��� athlete, singer, actor, polyglot, activist... and handsome to boot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rebecca Rioters\u003c\/b\u003e ��� a roving crowd of Welshmen who destroyed tollbooths dressed in skirts and bonnets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThese poignant and often��hilarious true stories show us that the world as we know it was built by a wider array of historical figures than we experienced in our schoolbooks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040535216375,"sku":"9781786788986","price":541.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/3973\/5543\/files\/4418903482824.jpg?v=1787782667","url":"https:\/\/www.2027textbooks.co.za\/products\/mavericks-hb-9781786788986","provider":"2027Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}