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Fascinating stories and facts about lesser-known men, women and objects that came second.

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Posterity celebrates pioneers and record-holders, but the people directly behind them have stories worth telling, too. This excellent little book fills us in -- Brian Viner * DAILY MAIL *
[D]one with such verve and humour and telling so many good stories that you succumb to its manifest charms with a simple sigh of pleasure -- Marcus Berkmann * THE SPECTATOR *

The Book of Seconds

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    A Paperback / softback by Mark Mason

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/04/2020
      ISBN13: 9781474608480, 978-1474608480
      ISBN10: 1474608485

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fascinating stories and facts about lesser-known men, women and objects that came second.

      Trade Review
      Posterity celebrates pioneers and record-holders, but the people directly behind them have stories worth telling, too. This excellent little book fills us in -- Brian Viner * DAILY MAIL *
      [D]one with such verve and humour and telling so many good stories that you succumb to its manifest charms with a simple sigh of pleasure -- Marcus Berkmann * THE SPECTATOR *

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