Albert Jack

Albert Jack is an English writer and historian. His books cover a range of subjects, including history, politics, war, etymology, food history, nursery rhymes, pub names, inventions, mysteries and urban legends. They have become bestsellers[1] in America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Great Britain and Europe and have been translated into many languages.[2]

Albert Jack
Albert Jack in Bangkok
Born (1964-04-24) 24 April 1964
Guildford, Surrey, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist, podcaster, video maker
NationalityEnglish
EducationThe Winston Churchill School, Woking
Period1999–present
GenreHistory, mystery, politics, crime
Notable worksRed Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad, They Laughed at Galileo
Website
albertjack.com albertjack.co.uk

In 2004, his third book, Red Herrings and White Elephants, became a bestseller.[3] The book was serialized by The Sunday Times and the Daily Mirror and remained on the Sunday Times Bestseller List[3] for two years.

In 2005, Jack signed what would become a six-year contract with Pearson (Penguin) to write a series of follow-up titles.[4] Pop Goes the Weasel, his study of the dark history of children's nursery rhymes, also became a worldwide bestseller[5] in 2008 and What Caesar did for My Salad[6] followed suit in 2010.[7]


Bibliography
  • Red Herrings and White Elephants[3]
  • Phantom Hitchhikers[8]
  • Loch Ness Monsters and Other World Mysteries[9]
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • The Old Dog and Duck[10]
  • What Caesar Did for my Salad[6]
  • Black Sheep and Lame Ducks
  • It's a Wonderful Word
  • Money for Old Rope Part 1
  • Money for Old Rope Part 2
  • The Jam: Sounds From the Street[11]
  • Want to be a Writer?
  • New World Order: The Bilderberg Conspiracy and the Last Man in London
  • Rose Versus Thistle
  • They Laughed at Galileo
  • The Greatest Generation - Diary of a 1st & 6th Airborne Paratrooper
  • 9/11 Conspiracy
  • Debt Freedom Program
  • The Slow Death of Europe
  • Blue Moons and Black Markets

References
  1. "About Jack". HuffPost.
  2. "Albert Jack - Z Galileusza też się śmiali - 7000438142 - oficjalne archiwum allegro". archiwum.allegro.pl.
  3. "The Sunday Times Bestsellers". The Times. 6 August 2018.
  4. "Albert Jack - HuffPost". HuffPost.
  5. Noel-Tod, Jeremy (5 September 2008). "Review: Pop Goes the Weasel by Albert Jack". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. Fort, Tom (22 August 2010). "What Caesar Did for My Salad by Albert Jack: review". The Daily Telegraph.
  7. "Spoiler alert.... Humpty Dumpty wasn't an egg! - BBC Ideas".
  8. "Nonfiction Book Review: Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends: The Strange Stories Behind Tall Tales by Albert Jack. Penguin/Perigee, $14 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-399-16153-7". PublishersWeekly.com.
  9. "Nonfiction Book Review: Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved by Albert Jack, Author, Sandra Howgate, Illustrator Random House Trade $15 (247p) ISBN 978-0-8129-8005-9".
  10. "The Old Dog and Duck, By Albert Jack". The Independent. 23 December 2011.
  11. "The Jam News". The Jam Latest News.
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