Legends Lies & Cherished Myths of World History

<p>Was there really a valiant little Dutch boy a protesting Lady Godiva a fiddling Nero or a prudish Queen Victoria? No says Shenkman ....No person event or thing is safe from Shenkman's corrections. <br />--<em>Booklist</em></p><p>Founder of George Mason University's History News Network and bestselling author of <em>Presidential Ambition</em> and <em>One Night Stands with American History</em> Rick Shenkman is an historian a rebel and a myth debunker par excellence. In <em>Legends Lies & Cherished Myths of World History</em> he explodes some of the most honored and long-held misconceptions about kings and despots wars and empires religions inventions from the glory days of the Roman Empire to the dark days of World War Two. Fascinating edifying and irreverent here is the real world history you were never taught in school--for history buffs and confirmed trivia fanatics everywhere! <br /></p>