The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
 

The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

by Rick Beyer

History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest Stories Never Told.

This is history candy -- the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish,... (read more)

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Terrific "light-weight history" book. The stories stunned me with previously unknown angles on numerous historical events. It is a book that will make you go, "hummmm...."

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