Mavericks: Life stories and lessons of history’s most extraordinary misfits by Jenny Draper
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Mavericks is a collection of 24 short biographical sketches of “extraordinary misfits” – people who we might call eccentrics. All of them have a connection with the United Kingdom, where the author is based. The mavericks stories come from many different periods of history, and while most are from the UK, there are people from other countries as well, such as the United States and France.

The mavericks are somewhat obscure, of the 24 I think there were 2 or 3 that I had heard of before. But all of them have an interesting story, and their experiences shed light on their times and ours.

I really enjoyed this book. It’s well-written and fun to read. The author has a YouTube channel about London and the UK which is also a lot of fun.