John Withington

John Withington's books

Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes

3.63 avg rating — 176 ratings

Assassins’ Deeds: A History of Assassination from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day

3.38 avg rating — 29 ratings

The Disastrous History of London

3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings

Storm: Nature and Culture

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings

Secrets of the Centenarians: What is it Like to Live for a Century and Which of Us Will Survive to Find Out?

3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings

A Disastrous History of Britain: Chronicles of War, Riot, Plague and Flood

2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings

Britain's 20 Worst Military: From the Roman Conquest to the Fall of Singapore

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings

Flood: Nature and Culture

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings

A History of Fireworks from Their Origins to the Present Day

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

Shutdown: Anatomy of a Shipyard

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating