The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

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History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest Stories Never Told.

This is history candy -- the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy: more than two thousand years of history filled with courage, cowardice, hope, triumph, sex, intrigue, folly, humor, and ambition. It's a historical delight and a visual feast with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and maps that bring each story to life. A new discovery waits on every page: stories that changed the course of history and stories that affected what you had for breakfast this morning.

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Based on the popular Timelab 2000® history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel®, this collection of fascinating historical tidbits will have you shaking your head in wonder and disbelief. But they're all true. And you'll soon find yourself telling them to your friends.

What Customers Say About The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy:

You can totally read through it in an afternoon or bring it out from time to time to chew on a new story or fact. I love this series of books.

I will definitely read it myself.It's written in very short story format with just enough details to flesh out the facts, making it a very easy read, and one that you can pick up and put down as you please. I bought this book for my 15 year old son who loves quirky historical facts. He absolutely loved it, and shared most of the stories with us, sparking my own interest.

It's perfect because the stories are pretty short and to the point so it's not too much reading about each story. I got this book for my dad because he always knows random stuff and he loves watching the history channel. He's not a huge reader but he really liked this book.

Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, was an English slave.Those are just some of the cool things you will learn in this book. The "world is flat" was added to the story by Washington Irving hundreds of years later.-The ancient Olympics were originally cancelled by a Roman emporor who converted to Christianity and felt the games were glorifying Greek gods. The idea to re-enstate them in 1896 came from a French man who wanted the French people to be physically fit to face war with Germany.-Baseball was invented by the British.-Croissants are Austrian.-St. This was a fun, easy to read book. The author also lists all his sources, making it easy to read more about the things you found particularly interesting. But others amazed me, like:-Christopher Columbus did not have to convince anyone that the world was round. Some of the things written seemed to me to be common knowledge. It was common knowledge at that time.

Very Enjoyable Pleasant reading and I learned a lot of unknown facts in history.