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08/24/07

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Legends Lies & Cherished Myths Of World History

More often than not I find that books dealing with history are rather dull, one of the reasons why I believe more people are not interested in them.

Legends Lies & Cherished Myths Of World History, by Richard Shenkman is thankfully not amongst those dull ones, in fact it is amongst my own personal favourites because it is so much fun to read!

The author covers such diverse historic figures as the little Dutch boy, Lady Godiva, Nero, Queen Victoria, and a host of others, and literally debunks some of the long standing myths that have developed around them in a humorous way!

This book has not only given me much food for thought, but much good blog fodder as well. Definitely worth a read even for those that are just mildly interested in history, but would like to pick up some little known factoids, and become a first class history smarty-pants!

Now how cool is that!

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Welcome to the blog of amateur historians Matthew James Didier and Sue Darroch. Partners in life and in crime, we endeavor to entertain you with snippets from our combined historical research. Past time with good company indeed, as we shall introduce you to Kings and Knaves, Queens and Mistresses, Cons and Heroes, from our collective past......from events well known to those perhaps all but forgotten, we will do our best to bring you interesting historical factoids from around the globe. It is our belief that through understanding our past we will all gain a better perspective on our future.