An interesting, well-written book that broadly delivers on its title. Sure, I'd heard all about the Armenian Genocide, the Cadaver Synod, Tasmania's Black War, the Taiping Rebellion and others, there was still much to learn about now-forgotten events that have proved to be of lasting importance.

I'd certainly never heard of Roger Williams, "the father of American Civil Liberties", Francisoco Dagohoy, David Thompson or John Devoy, and some of these articles were fascinating.

A slight quibble would be that Cummins seems to shoehorn in some not-so "Great" untold stories that don't actually sound so incredibly great or of lasting importance. ( )

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