Thomas Blood -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- Ellen and William Craft -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Mary Frith -- Lady Hester Stanhope -- William Buckland -- Eleanor Rykener -- James Chuma and Abdullah David Susi -- Black Agnes -- Margery Kempe -- La Chevaliere d'Eon -- Ira Aldridge -- The Rebecca Rioters -- Julius Soubise -- Ethel MacDonald -- The Chartists -- Gerrard Winstanley -- Mary Anning -- Caroline Herschel -- Peter the Wild Boy -- Sabrina Sidney -- Radclyffe "John" Hall -- Paul Robeson

Witty 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. Breaking 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