After falling for one historical misconception too many, the time is now right to launch a spirited fightback. No more shall we meekly accept the so-called accuracy of the "facts" that have infiltrated our education, society at large and indeed the world in general since history was first chronicled. The moment has come to set the record straight, once and for all. Leading the way in this modern crusade comes Napoleon Wasn’t Short and St Patrick Wasn’t Irish, an informative and witty guide devoted to revealing the many myths, falsehoods, fabrications and general ambiguities that are rife among the annals of world history. For example, Sir Walter Raleigh did not bring back either the potato or tobacco from the New World, Abraham Lincoln did not write his famous Gettysburg speech on the back of an envelope, Winston Churchill was not born in a ladies’ toilet and King Cnut did not try to hold back the tide to prove his regal powers. Featuring a fascinating assortment of historical subjects – from kings and queens to statesmen and saints, explorers and inventors – Napoleon Wasn’t Short and St Patrick Wasn’t Irish uncovers the real facts from world history and cast aside the many fictions that have misled hapless generations for centuries.

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