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What if the truth behind history's greatest myths is even more fascinating than the legends themselves? Journey across centuries and continents to unravel the mysteries that have haunted the human imagination for generations. This gripping volume moves beyond simple debunking to explore the real stories, scientific truths, and cultural forces behind twelve of history’s most enduring enigmas. From monster-haunted forests to the digital ether, discover why these tales refuse to die. This meticulously researched book separates fact from fiction, revealing how real historical events, human ...

Originally published in 1960 and edited by Conor Cruise O’Brien, The Shaping of Modern Ireland was a seminal work surveying the lives of prominent early twentieth-century figures who influenced Irish affairs in the years between the death of Charles Stewart Parnell in 1891 and the Easter Rising of 1916. The chapters were written by leading historians and commentators from the Ireland of the 1950s, some of whom personally knew the subjects of their essays. This volume draws its inspiration from that seminal work. Written by some of today’s leading figures from the world of Irish history,...

For nearly two thousand years, men and women have sought to find Earth's elusive northernmost point of land. In Beyond the Edge, Gerald Johnson chronicles the search for this unique and mysterious place. The journey joins together vastly different civilizations and eras in a common quest. The ancient Greeks, the Vikings, and European and American explorers-past and present-all share the ambition, courage, and persistence needed to find and to understand a frozen land of light and darkness called Thule. How can it be that explorers, scientists, and adventurers have all been drawn into the ...

Remembering Anne Beach pulls back the veil on the challenges of research, the problems of gaps in archives, and the long process involved in constructing historical narratives. Through the tragic tale of an ill-fated couple and their disapproving families, this microhistory explores not only forbidden love but also marriage, illness, death, disability, and scandal in eighteenth-century society.