{"product_id":"legends-lies-cherished-myths-of-world-history-9780060922559","title":"Legends, Lies \u0026 Cherished Myths of World History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Was there really a valiant little Dutch boy, a protesting Lady Godiva, a fiddling Nero, or a prudish Queen Victoria? No, says Shenkman ....No person, event, or thing is safe from Shenkman's corrections.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounder of George Mason University's History News Network and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003ePresidential Ambition\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOne Night Stands with American History\u003c\/em\u003e, Rick Shenkman is an historian, a rebel, and a myth debunker par excellence. In \u003cem\u003eLegends, Lies \u0026amp; Cherished Myths of World History\u003c\/em\u003e, he explodes some of the most honored and long-held misconceptions about kings and despots, wars and empires, religions, inventions, from the glory days of the Roman Empire to the dark days of World War Two. Fascinating, edifying, and irreverent, here is the real world history you were never taught in school--for history buffs and confirmed trivia fanatics everywhere  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060922559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.34w x 0.76d","brand":"Richard Shenkman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42547751518389,"sku":"9780060922559","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8bb595f0-8a03-4bae-a785-f4ed9e16db34.jpg?v=1670336608","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/legends-lies-cherished-myths-of-world-history-9780060922559","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}