
- ISBN13: 9781602397644
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Why does Canada owe its economy to a red fox? What were Einstein’s last words? How did Charlton Heston’s broken nose land him the part of Moses? Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids is a collection for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason’s many revelations, you’ll learn that collectivist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You’ll learn that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon’s awkward hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to assessment the battlefield. You’ll learn that an irate blacksmith threw his hammer at a fox and missed, hitting a rock and revealing the largest vein of silver ever learned, thus changing the finances of Canada forever. Fascinatingly, Charlton Heston was cast as Moses in The Ten Commandments because his broken nose made him look like Michelangelo’s well-known sculpture of Moses. Finally, no one knows Einstein’s last words. They were in German, a language his nurse did not speak.
A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that made huge waves in history, Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids is much more than just a trivial fact book; it is an astonishing historical-fate book revealing how our most well-known incidents, best-loved works of art, and most accepted historical outcomes are simply twists of fate. .
Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History