Amazing Tales From Times Gone By: Strange But True, Extraordinary Stories from 5000 Years of Human History

Incredible stories of love, intrigue, ambition, tragedy and murder.

Why was Russian tsar Ivan known as ‘the terrible’? Did Herod really order the murder of all Bethlehem's children? Who was the woman so hideous that she inspired the term 'ugly old bag', and what happened to Pu Yi, the last Chinese emperor? In this informative, entertaining volume, you can read more than 75 stories of strange events, fascinating people, the twists of fate and how historical truth was rewritten or hidden.