Albert Jack

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Albert Jack
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Albert Jack in Bangkok
Born (1964-04-24) 24 April 1964 (age 57)
Guildford, Surrey, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist, podcaster, video maker
NationalityEnglish
Education The Winston Churchill School, Woking
Period1999–present
GenreHistory, mystery, politics, crime
Notable works Red Herrings & White Elephants , Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad, They Laughed at Galileo
Website
albertjack.com albertjack.co.uk

Albert Jack is an English writer and historian. His books cover a range of subjects, including history, politics, war, etymology, food history, nursery rhymes, pub names, inventions, mysteries and urban legends. They have become bestsellers [1] in America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Great Britain and Europe[ citation needed ] and have been translated into many[ quantify ] languages. [2] [ citation needed ]

In 2004, his third book, Red Herrings and White Elephants, became a bestseller. [3] The book was serialized by The Sunday Times and the Daily Mirror and remained on the Sunday Times Bestseller List [3] for two years.

In 2005, Jack signed what would become a six-year contract with Pearson (Penguin) to write a series of follow-up titles. [4] Pop Goes the Weasel, his study of the dark history of children's nursery rhymes, also became a worldwide bestseller [5] in 2008 and What Caesar did for My Salad [6] followed suit in 2010. [7]


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  7. "Spoiler alert.... Humpty Dumpty wasn't an egg! - BBC Ideas".
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