Margaret Nicholas Knihy

Příběhy o podivínských vědcích, fintivých fantastech, ztřeštěných stavitelích, poustevnících, báchorky cestovatelů ...

Recounts the strange, and sometimes humorous, behavior of famous eccentrics including Jeremy Bentham, Howard Hughes, Beau Brummell, and Keith Moon, as well as scientists, clergy, hermits, and actors

Scandalous wives, thieves & outlaws, ruthless rulers, female fanatics, queens of crime

Looking at the psychics and mystics of the world, this book discusses the lives and work of people such as Nostradamus, who made many predictions which have apparently come true. It examines the claims made by holy men, mediums and clairvoyants, who seem to have a sixth sense denied to others.