Amazing Tales from Times Gone by: Strange But True, Extraordinary Stories from 5000 Years of Human History
Why was Tsar Ivan nicknamed 'the terrible'? Was King Herod really a child murderer? What happened to Pu Yi, the last Chinese emperor? This volume offers more than 75 stories of strange events, fascinating people, the twists and turns of fate and the sophisticated falsification of history.
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1 Murder and mayhem; 2 The struggle for power; 3 Lies and deception; 4 Lost and found; 5 Women of the world; 6 Truth and legend; 7 Solving the mystery; 8 Pushing back the frontiers; 9 Rogues and adventurers; 10 The legacy of our ancestors; 11 Arbitrary acts of fate; 12 They changed the world; *Index; *Acknowledgments.
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- : HER
- : HER
- : 31 March 2007
- : 254mm X 178mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hardback
- : 909
- : 416
- : 200 colour illustrations