The Random Book of... James features facts, figures, stats, and trivia on legions of record breakers, record losers, actors, singers, sportsmen, historical figures, the famous and infamous, felons, inventors, rulers, heartthrobs, politicians, and scientists called James. Which James caused a rift in his family by his conscientious objection and was laid to rest in the same cemetery as Charlie Chaplin? Which James was a band originally called Venereal and the Diseases? Which James died on stage at the Sunderland Empire, was a successful hair stylist, and got his big break on Hancock's Half-Hour? Which James appeared on This Is Your Life twice, enjoyed jobs such as hospital porter, club manager, and wrestler, and presented Top of the Pops? Which James was stabbed by a Hawaiian, is honored by a statue in Greenwich and helped to combat scurvy?