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Overview

What were Albert Einstein's last words?

What was Hitler's real name?

What famous artist was mistakenly thought to be stillborn?

How did Charlton Heston's broken nose land him the part of Moses?

All these questions and more are answered in Napoleon's Hemorrhoids, a non-stop roller coaster of historical what-ifs.

Here you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when they had to turn back due to low fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield. Hitler's father's name was actually Alois Schicklgruber, but when Alois's mother remarried, he took his stepfather's name-Hitler. Picasso was stillborn until his uncle revived him by blowing cigar smoke in his face. Revealed is how Charlton Heston was cast as Moses in The Ten Commandments because his broken nose made him look like Michelangelo's famous sculpture of Moses. Finally, no one knows Einstein's last words. They were in German, a language his nurse did not speak.

A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that have caused big waves in history, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids will cure you of two misconceptions: the first being that history is relentlessly boring and the second that significant historical events are caused by significant and great causes.

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In this collection of historical anecdotes, author Mason illustrates how the smallest details can have far-reaching historical consequences-or at least that seems to be the idea; in execution, there is no commentary, causal connection or even source identification that legitimizes any of Mason's information (he's known as a massive collector of "cuttings and books chronicling the weird and the strange"), so while many stories are funny or remarkable, they're little better than gossip. Despite a repetitive format, Mason writes well, and readers looking for pithy historical trivia to share with friends will be satisfied. Aimed at a U.K. audience, Mason tends toward topics like British royalty and the nuances of cricket, but there's enough conversational ammunition here for a cocktail party on either side of the Atlantic.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781616081324
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication date: 9/1/2010
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 233,729
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Phil Mason has amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of cuttings and books chronicling bizarre stories. He is the author of Mission Accomplished!, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids, and How George Washington Fleeced the Nation. He lives in England.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 Detours on the March of History 1

2 Politics - Fates and Fortunes 19

3 History's Tricks - Accidents, Illnesses and Assassinations 48

4 The Fog of War 70

5 Science - Inspiration, Invention and Intrigue 117

6 Chance Beginnings 149

7 Artistic Strokes (of Luck) 159

8 'Unlucky, Sport!' 188

9 Crime - Missed Demeanours 212

10 Business - Enterprise and Intuition 224

Index 239

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