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Loading... Amazing Tales from Times Gone By (2006)by Reader's Digest
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This volume contains real stories of murder and mayhem, of mighty struggles for power, of liars and devious deceptions, of mysterious disappearances and miraculous meetings, of magnificent women, outrageous rogues, and brave adventurers. No library descriptions found. |
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Why was Russian tsar Ivan known as 'the terrible'?
Did Herod really order the murder of all Bethlehem's children?
Who was the woman so hideous that she inspired the term 'ugly old bag'?
How did Mary Bryant, the rebellious convict, organize her daring escape from Botany Bay?
In this informative, entertaining volume, you can read more than 75 stories of strange events, fascinating people, the twists of fate and how historical truth was rewritten or hidden.