Editor's Choice
This is a hurricane operation that dispels the fallacies of history.
Open a portal to a bygone era and learn the truth of history that you never expected.
The Guardian's Book of the Year, and if you miss this book, you'll miss out on the real history.
A classic book that sparked a copyright war in many countries, and multiple countries competed to buy the copyright.
The works have been translated into more than 10 languages, sold well in more than 20 countries, and sold more than 600,000 copies.
Introduction
Since history was recorded, more and more historical facts have entered the classroom, infiltrated the whole society, and affected the whole world. But what if someone told you that these "facts" as we know them are actually wrong?
Just as neither potatoes nor tobacco were brought back to Europe from the New World by Sir Walter Reilly; Abraham Lincoln did not write his famous "Gettysburg Address" on the back of the envelope; Winston Churchill was not born in the women's bathroom; King Kanewt did not try to hold back the tide in order to prove his royal power......These unsubstantiated, fabricated rumors of emperors, empresses, statesmen, saints, explorers, and inventors have misled generations of hapless people.
This book will take us on a journey to the past, restore the truth of the facts, and learn about the real history that we never thought of.
About the Author
Andrea Barham is an Englishman, writer and engineer. Barham firmly believes that in this world, there should be more truth than lies. She found it too difficult to correct the big things (war, poverty, global warming), so she began to focus on the little things that had more room for play, and delved into the history books to delve into controversial historical issues. He has published the best-selling book "The Nerd's Revolt".
Wu Wennan is an associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages of Minjiang University and the leader of the literature major of the Department of Foreign Languages of Minjiang University. He is mainly engaged in the research of English and American literature and Western literary theory.
Wonderful book review
This book is an excellent choice for readers who want to find the truth about history.
The Booklist is a very informative book that covers many topics – royalty, saints, politicians, inventors, explorers, and people from all walks of life. As you read it, the reader will be taken aback and then laugh.
Library Journal
There will be "something that everyone wants" in this book.
Publishers Weekly
This is a very interesting book, and although it only gives you a limited number of historical examples, you can't help but learn more about real historical stories after reading it.
Reader. Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Unusual Ancients.
Chapter 2: True and False Rumors of the King.
Chapter 3: The Queen and the Empress.
Chapter 4: A Strange Battle.
Chapter 5: Unreliable Folk Legends.
Chapter 6: Interesting Facts about Politicians with Fake and True.
Chapter 7: A Confusing Female Legend.
Chapter 8: A Specious Anecdote of an Explorer.
Chapter 9: Rumors that are hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Chapter 10: Confusing Military Items.
Chapter 11 Inventors Who Are Difficult to Identify.
Chapter 12: The Suspicious Discoverer.
Chapter 13 The Celebrity Records of Zhang Guan Li Dai.
Chapter 14: The Untrustworthy Patron Saint.
Chapter 15 Religious Figures.
Wonderful book excerpts
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on the back of the envelope
In 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg broke out during the American Civil War. Four months later, a funeral was held for the soldiers who died in the battle. Massachusetts orator Edward Everett was invited to speak. It was not until the last moment that the American ** Lincoln was invited. To everyone's surprise, ** not only agreed to attend, but also offered to say a few words.
There is a version that Lincoln, on his way to the funeral, scribbled his speech on the back of an envelope. The book "Oxford Guide to American History" thinks this is for everyone"Fictional stories", and the reason why everyone believes this statement is because"Before Lincoln's brief speech (which lasted three minutes), Everett had spoken for two hours"。
David JD**ID JEicher also argues in his book "Gettysburg Battlefield" that Lincoln's speech"It was not written on the road, nor on an envelope"。Indeed, Icher said"Lincoln had 5 copies in his possession", but none of them were written on the back of the envelope. He said Lincoln"The first draft of the speech was prepared in Washington"。
It has been said that Lincoln's speech was considered a great speech only after the fact. In his book "Abraham Lincoln," Norman Hapgood says that Lincoln was disappointed by the sparse applause after his speech. He said to one of his companions:"It was a utter failure and the audience was disappointed. "However, the Companion to United States History writes"Lincoln's speech was interrupted five times by applause"。
Samuel Flagg Bemis, in his book The American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy, writes that Everett later wrote to Lincoln praising **"I also wanted to write in two minutes what I had spent two hours writing and the truth was that I couldn't"。John Hay was Lincoln's personal secretary. William Roscoe Thayer writes in The Life and Letters of John Hay"More elegant than usual, he said six words from the King James Bible that he had borrowed with a relaxed expression. In the wailing of **, we walked home through the noisy crowd"。The audience had just finished Everett's two-hour speech (Hapgood noted that no one remembered it) and might not believe that Lincoln had finished his speech in three minutes. In other words, the audience didn't know whether to applaud because they weren't sure if the speech was finished.
In this case, brevity was a plus for Lincoln, but not short enough for him to prepare the manuscript on the back of the envelope.