A fascinating guide revealing the history behind eponyms - the people after whom a discovery, invention, place etc. is named or thought to be named - from Hoover to Sandwich and Wellington Boots to the Biro.
'A first-class work of historical investigation.' Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington
The extraordinary story of how one man's obsession to build a huge model of Waterloo - the greatest model of the greatest battle of all time - incurred the wrath of the Duke of Wellington.
