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What if we could learn from history?

What would you ask the people who made history? What might they teach us? And what would they make of the world we've created?

"I wish history lessons had been as engaging as the entertaining descriptions found in this book, which brings historical figures to life."
— Jim F.

Letters to Dead People and More Letters to Dead People take a witty, entertaining and thought-provoking look at some of history's most fascinating people, their lives, their achievements and what we might still learn from them today.

Meet the past. Question it. Laugh with it. Learn from it.

What would happen if we could learn from History — Letters to Dead People

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Glowing red AI eye — HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey

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In the book Letters To Dead People, we included a letter written to HAL (the AI computer that was the additional crew member on Discovery in the movie 2001), which casts doubt on the accepted reason as to why he malfunct…

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Vintage vinyl record — music history

So you think you know your Beatles' songs?

As part of the book Letters to Dead People, we publish letters written to people in the past — and one was to Dick Rowe, the man who infamously turned down signing The Beatles…

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Startups really aren't that new…

We rightly celebrate the successes of our modern-day entrepreneurs, battling their way through the trials of fund raising…

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England Lionesses women's football celebration

The path to the World Cup Final for the Lionesses started in 1895

Despite losing to Spain in the final, the recent achievements of the Lionesses have accelerated the transformation of women's football in the UK…

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The Writers

About the Authors

Henry Nash

Henry Nash

As well as being an author and a prominent figure in biographies of historical figures, Henry Nash is one of the UK's leading entrepreneurs.

Ivor Share

Ivor Share

With many years of business experience in high tech across Europe and the USA, Ivor transitioned to serve as the Managing Director of a Swiss-based Venture Capital fund.

Letters to Dead People

A clever and witty look at history — entertaining letters to the most fascinating figures of the past, by Henry Nash & Ivor Share.

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