Mysteries in History: From Prehistory to the Present (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851098996)

This work is an engaging exploration of the process of historical research, following historians as they search for solutions to the greatest mysteries of all time.

Award-winning author Paul Aron takes readers on a journey through great historical mysteries through the ages. Entertaining in themselves, the stories also show that history is not merely living, but lively. The reader who comes to the book thinking history is boring will leave with a changed outlook with regard to both the subject matter and the process of writing history.

Each chapter is a carefully and thoroughly researched presentation not of popularized accounts but of valid historical scholarship. Chronologically arranged, the essays show the historical process in action. For each disputed historical point, theories arise, become standard wisdom, and then are revised as additional information becomes available. This book reveals the mechanics of that process, including spirited debate, swashbuckling archaeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions.

Author: Paul D. Aron
ISBN-10: 1851098992
ISBN-13: 9781851098996
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 10.04h x 7.36w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 232
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 208