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The Rabbit Hole Book
  • Published: 28 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405966580
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $26.99

The Rabbit Hole Book

99 adventures into the history of stuff

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The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, investigating weird and wonderful facts and stories rescued from obscurity.

Join the trio behind the hit history podcast, The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Richard Coles, Charles Spencer and Cat Jarman in their first trivia book as they investigate weird and wonderful facts and stories rescued from obscurity. From the earliest recorded examples of practical jokes to a whistle-stop tour of the world's ghost towns to a history of red heads, The Rabbit Hole Book is a fascinating and entertaining dive into all the things you didn't know you wanted to know.
  • Published: 28 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405966580
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the authors

Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine non-fiction books, including four Sunday Times bestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the Financial Times. Spencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
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Praise for The Rabbit Hole Book

Compulsively dip-in-able

The Times

I'd be amazed if you found none of the chapters interesting. My own curiosity gland was tickled by many of the entries

Daily Mail