Kenneth B. Platnick
Auteur van Great Mysteries of History
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- 94
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- #199,202
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- 3.1
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This is a fun little collection of historical mysteries, some now solved, some still hotly debated, a few intriguingly continuing to make the rounds. While the book does trot up the old standbys in the form of Jack the Ripper, Atlantis, and a bit confusingly the Yeti and Loch Ness Monster, there were a number of more intriguing and legitimate cases to be found between its covers. Perhaps most fun, for me, were the Man in the Iron Mask and The Lost Dauphin (Louis XVII) which apparently is still being tossed around in French royalist circles to this day. I had fun looking up the various cases after reading the more intriguing ones and seeing their current states.
This book isn't the best for historical accuracy or delving deep into its mysteries, but it never really claims to offer more than intriguing summaries. It was a delightful, quick read and something I can imagine devouring time and time again as a kid. This would be a fun book to pass on to a younger crowd to get them interested in history, or different time periods. The bibliography at the back (in the Notes section) may be a bit lacking, but the stories themselves would likely intrigue enough to have the kid start doing research on their own.
In that way, I'd say this book more than serves its purpose. If only it had included The Princes in the Tower...… (meer)