The World's Most Mysterious People

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, Reference, Occult, UFOs & Unexplained Phenomena
Cover of the book The World's Most Mysterious People by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, Dundurn
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe ISBN: 9781459725133
Publisher: Dundurn Publication: October 1, 1998
Imprint: Dundurn Language: English
Author: Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
ISBN: 9781459725133
Publisher: Dundurn
Publication: October 1, 1998
Imprint: Dundurn
Language: English

Did Rasputin, the mad monk of Tsarist Russia, possess supernatural powers? Who was the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille who has gone down in history as "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Did he possess a priceless secret which Louis XIV desperately wanted to learn? Victorian Britain was terrorized by a weird super-athlete known to the popular press of those days as "Spring-heeled Jack." Was he just an eccentric gymnast, or could he have been an alien? Who or what was the mysterious man known as the Count of St. Germain whose abnormal powers seemed to defy both time and space – and is he still with us today? What strange powers of prophecy did Coinneach Odhar, the famous Brahan Seer, really possess? Was Bérenger Sauniëre, the enigmatic Priest of Rennes-Le-Château, one of the last guardians of a secret older than the Sphinx? Could the sinister Aleister Crowley have been merely a pathetic victim of self-deception and his own inflated ego, or did he really possess magical powers? What amazing secrets did electrical engineer Nikola Tesla control? Gurdjieff – one of the most amazing men of his time – has never been fully understood: what was the true meaning behind his strangely ambivalent messages? Was Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky a genius with strange paranormal powers, or merely a charlatan and a sensation-seeker? Francis Dashwood of Medmenham Abbey, leader of a sect of the wildest debauchees who roared their way across the eighteenth century, was an expert in the Black Arts. All of these strange, mysterious, and intriguing characters – and many others – are described, examined, and analyzed in The World’s Most Mysterious People.

This is a collection of remarkable and mysterious people, from all ages and places – including our own. Some the authors have met, others were researched carefully from reliable archives. Some are Canadian, others are from the US, the UK, and all over the world. All are mysterious; all are intriguing; all are worth studying. Can anyone learn to use mysterious powers like theirs? To update what a great thinker once said: "The proper study of people is other human beings." And the more mysterious those human beings are, the more we shall learn from studying them.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Did Rasputin, the mad monk of Tsarist Russia, possess supernatural powers? Who was the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille who has gone down in history as "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Did he possess a priceless secret which Louis XIV desperately wanted to learn? Victorian Britain was terrorized by a weird super-athlete known to the popular press of those days as "Spring-heeled Jack." Was he just an eccentric gymnast, or could he have been an alien? Who or what was the mysterious man known as the Count of St. Germain whose abnormal powers seemed to defy both time and space – and is he still with us today? What strange powers of prophecy did Coinneach Odhar, the famous Brahan Seer, really possess? Was Bérenger Sauniëre, the enigmatic Priest of Rennes-Le-Château, one of the last guardians of a secret older than the Sphinx? Could the sinister Aleister Crowley have been merely a pathetic victim of self-deception and his own inflated ego, or did he really possess magical powers? What amazing secrets did electrical engineer Nikola Tesla control? Gurdjieff – one of the most amazing men of his time – has never been fully understood: what was the true meaning behind his strangely ambivalent messages? Was Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky a genius with strange paranormal powers, or merely a charlatan and a sensation-seeker? Francis Dashwood of Medmenham Abbey, leader of a sect of the wildest debauchees who roared their way across the eighteenth century, was an expert in the Black Arts. All of these strange, mysterious, and intriguing characters – and many others – are described, examined, and analyzed in The World’s Most Mysterious People.

This is a collection of remarkable and mysterious people, from all ages and places – including our own. Some the authors have met, others were researched carefully from reliable archives. Some are Canadian, others are from the US, the UK, and all over the world. All are mysterious; all are intriguing; all are worth studying. Can anyone learn to use mysterious powers like theirs? To update what a great thinker once said: "The proper study of people is other human beings." And the more mysterious those human beings are, the more we shall learn from studying them.

More books from Dundurn

Cover of the book Brown of the Globe by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Battle Stories — The English Throne and the Fate of Europe 3-Book Bundle by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Tales of the Don by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book The Lost Scroll of the Physician by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book The Site by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book A Toronto Album by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Under the Blue Beret by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Lucky Strike by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Continuity With Change by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Kootenay Silver by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Freedom of Expression by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961 by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Dolls In Canada by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book My Mannequins by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
Cover of the book Lucille Teasdale by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy