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∗ Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids?
∗ Did Richard III kill the princes in the tower?
∗ Could the Titanic have been saved?
∗ Did Hitler murder his niece?
PRAISE FOR UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF HISTORY
"Like a sleuth, Aron pieces together the possible answers . . . It′s an engaging way to learn more about history and the new evidence that sheds light on long–standing theories." ––Daily Press
"Aron has produced a fascinating and judicious description of historical mysteries from the Neanderthals to Gorbachev. His entertaining account of historical controversies will leave every reader the wiser about the past." ––Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
"With unerring good sense and in well–paced prose, Paul Aron solves as best he can the major who–done–its, did–it–happens, and did–it–have–to–happens of world history. Unsolved Mysteries of History should keep readers engaged well into the night."–– Adam Potkay, author, A Passion for Happiness
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- Who built Stonehenge?
- Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids?
- Did Richard III kill the princes in the tower?
- Could the Titanic have been saved?
- Did Hitler murder his niece?
PRAISE FOR UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF HISTORY
"Like a sleuth, Aron pieces together the possible answers . . . It’s an engaging way to learn more about history and the new evidence that sheds light on long–standing theories." ––Daily Press
"Aron has produced a fascinating and judicious description of historical mysteries from the Neanderthals to Gorbachev. His entertaining account of historical controversies will leave every reader the wiser about the past." ––Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
"With unerring good sense and in well–paced prose, Paul Aron solves as best he can the major who–done–its, did–it–happens, and did–it–have–to–happens of world history. Unsolved Mysteries of History should keep readers engaged well into the night."–– Adam Potkay, author, A Passion for Happiness
On an August day in 1856, in the Neandertal Valley in northwestern Germany,a workman in a limestone quarry uncovered the bones of what thought was a cave bear. Read the first page
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My real issue with this book was how he "solved" the "mystery" of Richard III and the Princes. *Especially* since he singled out Richard in the introduction of the book. Like about 90% of all authors who discuss Richard and either don't bother to do research or don't give about whether they're accurate or not, he uses the bones found in the Tower as proof positive that Richard had the boys murdered. If the author had bothered to do *real* research or even cared to look into the subject some more, he would have noticed the last forensic tests conducted on the bones were in the *1930s*, when the science of forensics was *nowhere* near what it is today. Those tests couldn't say with any certainty what *age* the bones are, what *year* they came from or even what *sex* the bones are. Those bones are also not the first ones found at the Tower. (it was in use for centuries before Richard's time)
So, tell me again how those bones indicate Richard's guilt, for when all we know, they could be female.
He backs up the bones, if I remember correctly, with the dubious authority of Sir Thomas More's "History of Richard the III", which is riddled with obvious errors. (like saying Edward VI was 53 when he died, when he was just days short of his 41st birthday) These errors have pretty much destroyed the work's reputation among serious historians, some who now believe the work was a huge parody or a disguised attack on Henry VII. This lack of care pretty much killed the book for me-I threw it down in disgust after that chapter. It also makes me wonder just how much research he did into the other "mysteries" he covered.
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