A shameless plug for more books from the same publisher as NCFC: On This Day

The perfect Christmas present for the Robert, Richard, Paul, Michael, Matthew, Andrew, Christopher, David, James or John in your life!

The Random Book of... series, comprising ten hardback titles ? 160-pages and each priced at a recession resistant ?9.99 ? digs deep through history to take an off-beat look at the achievers, deceivers, winners, losers, rulers, spoilers, givers, murderers, funny men and bad men called Robert, Richard, Paul, Michael, Matthew, Andrew, Christopher, David, James and John.

The perfect, personalised Christmas stocking filler ? for under ?10 ? feature illustrations by award-winning Times daily pocket cartoonist Jonathan Pugh and ideal for dads, uncles, brothers, husbands, cousins, nephews and friends who share the name on the cover.

The Random Book of? series deals with random facts such as:

Which:

Matthew has his DNA safely stored in space in case the Earth goes belly-up?

Richard invented one of the world?s most popular children?s toys by accident and then ran away to join a religious cult?

Andrew was the first to have jumped with a frameless parachute, invented the air vent, and was killed by a beam while building a hot-air balloon?

Paul picked up an 18-stone man with his mouth and ripped out five front teeth?

James was a band originally called Venereal and the Diseases?

Michael trained as a boxer, performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, and is worth ?350m?

David was later revealed to be gay, along with his wife?

Robert bought London Bridge and shipped it brick by brick to Arizona?

Christopher was stupid enough to attend a drugs trial with a stash of cocaine in his pocket?

John led 10,000 officers, wrote a bestseller and appeared, with his dog, in TV ads for patio awning?

The titles are available from Waterstone?s, WHSmiths, Amazon, and all good bookshops but are cheapest at the Stripe Publishing bookshop on eBay.

Posted By: Gareth James NCFC, Dec 18, 15:18:21