Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
November 2013
On Sale: October 22, 2013
160 pages ISBN: 0761177450 EAN: 9780761177456 Kindle: B00CTZG3IC Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Itโs an irresistible combination: Brad Meltzer, a born storyteller, counting down the worldโs most intriguing unsolved mysteries. And to make this richly illustrated book even richer, each chapter invites the reader along for an interactive experience through the addition of removable facsimile documentsโthe evidence! Itโs a treasure trove for conspiracy buffs, a Griffin and Sabine for history lovers.
Adapted from Decoded, Meltzerโs hit show on the HISTORY network, History Decoded explores fascinating, unexplained questions. Is Fort Knox empty? Why was Hitler so intent on capturing the Roman โSpear of Destinyโ? Whatโs the government hiding in Area 51? Where did the Confederacyโs $19 million in gold and silver go at the end of the Civil War? And did Lee Harvey Oswald really act alone? Meltzer sifts through the evidence; weighs competing theories; separates what we know to be true with whatโs stillโand perhaps foreverโunproved or unprovable; and in the end, decodes the mystery, arriving at the most likely solution. Along the way we meet Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Nazi propagandists, and the real DB Cooper.
Bound in at the beginning of each story is a custom-designed envelopeโa faux 19th-century leather satchel, a U.S. government classified fileโcontaining facsimiles of relevant evidence: John Wilkes Boothโs alleged unsigned will, a map of the Vatican, Kennedyโs death certificate. The whole is a riveting, interactive adventure through the compelling world of mysteries and conspiracies.
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