51 of the most interesting and curious mysteries from history retold for young adults
Did you know?
- Years ago, around 400 people in France took to dancing in the streets for days, some even dropping dead out of sheer exhaustion!
- There are different theories as to what happened to the unlucky ship Mary Celeste ?one of them is that it was attacked by a giant squid!
- A 14-year-old girl in 1846 could transmit electric shocks to people near her without touching them!
In
History?s Mysteries, Priyankee Saikia seeks to navigate the answers to 51 of the most puzzling questions of the past from across the world. Are vampires real? The answer may surprise you. Are witches real? The executions of so-called witches in Salem will shock you.? The past is filled with many fascinating stories, people, and objects?UFOs, secret societies, spirits, crime, adventure, you name it!
From strange monuments to curious objects with intriguing stories, vanishing cities to mysterious disappearances, haunted villages to legends of missing treasure, and from secret societies to stories of mayhem, this book collects some of history's most spine-tingling mysteries that will arouse your curiosity, make you shudder and leave you with more questions than answers!
Priyankee Saikia is an author from Guwahati, Assam and this is her first book. She has a Master?s degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi. She discovered her love for writing at the age of six, when she began jotting down her first few poems. Since then, she has written for a number of regional newspapers, magazines and online blogs, besides running her college magazine and various newsletters.
A former journalist and copywriter, today she is a digital marketer by profession. She continues to dabble in writing during her free time and hopes to publish fiction one day. As a mother of an inquisitive four-year-old, Priyankee loves telling stories to her daughter and dreams of travelling the world with her.
In a perfect universe, the author would love nothing more than a roomful of books and all the time in the world to read them.
