History's Most Bizarrely Entertaining Facts Explained (Volume 3): Stories behind Fascinating Sagas and Weird Biographies of Kings and Queens

by Gerald Burns

Read about stories behind fascinating sagasand weird biographies of Kings and Queens.

Here are three examples of some of the insane stories you will see in this book.

Fact Drink with your Father King Albion, the Lombards ruler renowned for his extraordinary conquests, took the daughter of the King of the Gepids as his wife after defeating her father in battle. Instead of treating her fairly, he would occasionally taunt her with his victory. He fashioned her father’s skull into a drinking goblet and forced his new wife, Rosamund, to drink wine from it, saying, ‘drink with your father.’ She got her revenge by arranging for his assassination.


Fact The Black Emperor Many people don’t know this, but Rome was once ruled by a black emperor who originated from the part of Africa that is now modern-day Libya.


Fact Daemonologie In 1597, King James VI of Scotland (also King James I of England) wrote and published a book titled ‘Daemonologie.’ Through the content of his book, King James attempted to convince the public of the existence of black magic, necromancy, and witchcraft in the kingdom.

These and many more are some of the exciting stories covered in the various chapters of this book.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

75 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 30, 2023

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is filled with lots of rather interesting and unusual things that really happened. An example is the Human Rights King who was Cyrus of Persia. He freed enslaved people in his domain. Another example is the case of a ruler that threw gifts to his people but result was over a thousand people died fighting to get the gifts.

[Randolph Rossi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Historical Facts That We Never Were Taught About in School

I greatly enjoyed the many historical stories that were never taught in school. I was especially amazed that Genghis Kahn utilized his daughters to control the many conquered territories.

[Nisha Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty enjoyable read.

I definitely enjoyed this one a lot. It had a lot going for it and the stories about royalty caught my intention. Definitely something to think about.

[George Polansky · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining and informative read.

[Judi Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

very interesting read

I enjoy books like this, that inform us of how it was many years ago. It’s a good but quick read.

[Bob Cantrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pretty interesting book for the person, who likes trivia.

[Tammy Massey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting

This book held my attention throughout. I especially liked the story about the black king. I never knew this. It was also written very well.