Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
Ebook308 pages3 hours

One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The problem with history is that much of what you learn in school simply isn't true! For instance, King Harold was NOT shot in the eye with an arrow at the Battle of Hastings, Neanderthals were not as dumb as you'd think, Britain had an Indian curry restaurant years before it had fish-and-chip shops and the American 'Wild West' really wasn't that wild. In many ways the history we casually accept as truth is full of mistakes. One in the Eye for Harold is a riotous romp through the centuries with revelations about the untruth of large swathes of history. It shows us how fictions have coloured our views of religion, politics, war and society - and shows us how some of our most solidly held beliefs are entirely false. In One in the Eye for Harold Phil Mason - author of Napoleon's Haemorrhoids - catalogues how myth and error have shaped our view of the past, and how the history our teachers handed down is often far from the mark. It is full of remarkable insights that entertain gloriously as they challenge the conventional view of history.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 29, 2011
ISBN9781849542401
One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
Author

Phil Mason

Phil Mason has amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of cuttings and books chronicling bizarre stories. He is the author of Mission Accomplished! and How George Washington Fleeced the Nation. He lives in England.

Read more from Phil Mason

Related to One in the Eye for Harold

Related ebooks

Humor & Satire For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for One in the Eye for Harold

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    One in the Eye for Harold - Phil Mason

    Czdbook_preview_excerpt.html}ɎG"T EJJD ppO!Q[]'>kbxcF{6}?,֟e?)˶>/~>O>ĬmXljchg#ØCִcv<'fE4fM{cVc >k?8:eC{vԭ7ml旌¶ָɶ^Sw1k>+BE?sn:{0B_,6w%Vf-F_SX" 6rД ?ue}8l2t3#^x=d]r>plW¸U6E\ -w6P-8]H]EΞNPay[Fc8kXq.VU{ģk[|m/T_q'+pr:xae) ݍɹ~eO&ii>}-UmuMlSm"ޟc쮆0 XEW`0PN]| ٍBmCv.NE9)s @h@(^qԶD9NSn#mscYg?=s7Nўn+5snjB,jᔭ}Y,y4᝻ڕ?MtȮl4H^RQ쮀jI6slO,GUm9j˶LC)P@ٶm5hL;91{+%%+Xx<};n`XK";?emp(1V S~:. X#Y`zb!,Gr~ OK쯳oqlx W?W1`0N L"I79j<Ўv41ɌIӡeS7߱y釿2{KC˄N$)I]m0.-$u .~~b >IqԺ`Ϻk,& iۜU uYPtQ bNKpz-DէpjE#xIa?|/&ZMZp#Ca{@j N)- {«,Q N&&thP;ά(tǦq&'CFh'%i瀰Ğb` ItM]d֖Xf_p+$}YHQWH rhx`#Ńg9;#al\m̜pSkWeȺ,VFI}Ip:0lK\偢mKES$XWڟO`[ŧf>t8CV}AWcү)LqǏۀ3+=Gx6ǃ ;-,"C l^ŷ[`lQC"e|,kY3C2:_vt61v ƙz'fGWbr7vBhpR25o*oa}wj,?IW?ec)!o _M]oFLkrBE:Z,,4z>hঌ21"DWІ1\"@tGANU#a:5Y~Y藖0Vn@DFOԏYf80e#7F!Y{ 1-dkexZ`kgd6d~5J@a߅ ,H"80Q@ -㜎>m*,!IW'2)dz推ד 9\ w Jv{"vWڷ04QUY9M}p嵡-< GFfCh<[ bJ`Kl-> Dmh{C>Q*࢖tf9YߤQ'Im ZSZy~z] E' ,~|-vXeSk5Kl.߹Ib h3ߘL_X'O%98f5+eq7E܎CPsTEɶPg@ s+y' /+Y5S1ݒ3ыz|蠘|E F#3Uֲk:ovZ|m?u)Fi?5~פgCbH36륃KYy+9?tH0;1g2tP!z`E[V`=dbf`Q#xnU7,$*%Srǻ"q兞{&%6{Ms.*.r1:k%t.SJUhLU@Tw,태iz`ЋT1>7 ,LHQa{?J.e#d淧@~0_%JrM0^Sa϶[NRaL% Upܑ:fGrЭh\ɑG +@J{+Ec~~ 2ǨBYX2ziXĬv~" ?LQaiU/gQy=is=Ej_?SMB Px+zaFu?B?qy4F߃0 HfS&LBV- gLU06H< ^_yw?lm@4E¿䇉`fP:̀y®m1|;r }V7 } ߊ,>.H)}ɴI̹(|2MV؛B/$CR|;ja.k?Qr/|`wV%(xB<*n:l*zRrQ å'yͮe^QڈMfp9jc=˿vHFrK[zrư)b꩙:! >;}R I1(A %6GP)>&K` ^ֵm $Kg*u,i(-[>w紤(R5|ukˊZtsùuㆭhЉyNךBM،blN DU@[ 3 93a,_9t妻S\օ'i~%,#kc~'nYH?ʽ!3̠{D\ڭlϗIiUf'K^qqP% [z׶#,5:N{BҮ*CG)N؍N|/F*]! ,IWb;4lPI;ؚ`=3dԛ6j\qd1ԙu%^Bo̾A%`Ֆ[SL/j^vRx:3&{|;EkBZue< T8B/Rq,m,]'`LP~x~JƱ#;Yb !~J ߌ 3rw4pWM T-c{ϋ:2;Zc9z u_}!vGi7A WTŅ LAPV i5t>t嶟d|I?w簾{o#S-ˆqRY7?ُ37| G|0GA#Zvp_웶)AqZEiF5r߇K|4;G#Dp oy)~rMe_Uٟ[d*2`CV_qbfHeal][k5Zx]U6fvvCv*dK,˲V6 <Q]YYge_i#sB}&S$s5|ȞPAٚ7BwQ),\ {ƜCړ.YB;:"߿=+U; iNl֥MmC ٪9eovsbrn ;60Ô#K p WG& "Ai "^ !Ol*ajj,hz5xzMl-ɾY xb \}n0 g+37؜Z[fqJ)eh-MlJv{t:5K} }l> d֐4tj{+99|̐.>Avźޖg  'X pv %oDY@Z TDj؀-"uE761^n2df5nRK j*c~hJ)px9(l7\dɞ6-U#++Xe{90RM.༊@Šq)uy/EꝰKF!}o۶>YE؞Cv8-j!>`4 ~^7|X֫Az^=@u*:occI*obOH.'Z!l{sBɫYz@WYHSj<٬. hZA8IOje){n;ڂpanTrᐈ43h*eyj.*s~, Y*`g&:=+.0s<}+g\FuM KiFUG=(&Tq!fU%O K]ܣ*tJs*q2M.j}_X3'^siR8[溗Fr>w^zP<_NidKhcNtBaSЖWOn/ $i7 Zjg耨/5a_&r3({0Ծ[=j9p_H>4sj!\^TP6)*(k2"[ĸp]Y`\dѝ[0XutVCnHݍFp]SM<][Q7AN`'LGzFD?76emCqNnFn|KXOsK>Abi9쟚*nm)P :82Ҫ[z,`㨶(Kɞ)],* \t}eyfln %ͳ[ !/#1HlnPDpxqxxd-M&i'^ƃ,2뺘rRke{~(3exշk& s&L1QYxE>ŶG\_sk+Q`B=`t,^轹X%zRr6qO6cCcɺ U77 O~}NƇXe9ӕ)A =i=`聒bn,jo,[KF8ϹnHh/!rb-[8b~[ÍwiE;mG_&|{MG6>{ld9)4Ŭu[#%[wF?<ƓY^t^]R8wh{NWl]M5w}/όD]ڌ`<k\e`HM2rj͏Y)H"]Rar/Yp'uK1713 zr#]͉&+m9JLR5aW =y@OM2[.(lIQm8̌ZPy{c[r{j$k6-/(5] 'RXUAһ7ɒ32aBc~ K< ^ Cp'l25e(`KLŪ!HoN\zLe4]ܨ6IiHL$۪,hJxn_$g~ɪҜJٻ|(%N94ܹy~r) (>NT׆.?=Xub}yoYg 2l|OūZ 7S[>Rwl`e!t|\ăψgn6_ҫCf=MΞ,9)'O)!췌=kqިsnmz \=od9)t+32OI> ~UƿE~Vv[\OJN{g?\T.Z w.'5m䦏6 SU ,L>!nD33YE1nC]̗]66fMsn}{2qO9F|G]A'±j^1 `!kfh]avޙ >Y7$ou03P ڭW%SG;A]ő15`isЕycѮ3†A!A4;W*7sfn=$ç԰|ʡ{ ;Tzi,Sku޵;'_&2M{"dc.D**ISҼp(Z9_%{5RTiRtO2$Y0.mx9!VՅ"ƫPU*E8){Y; tGϯac-5R>pWY2K Jc3՚!?o=!*J4%Mm@*Rfw4n۫;5}S3]@f3ɸb_ߜԔuC̶c)Xo8xZ^w^ћ R!.T`:k W1~:֭&9|ˊ4IiIG䞓\WCx?k![gVn`:l/fQ{\2i:-7tȝ2xomX^su`ȭv]tB%a?k%0k~`2#ܑSGWjZ9w8۟} #=ou]li6>)MIЯS;BH'`vѧ7>;2֊ESf7WP޿ ߲Q.y1zou@aLҽtäeɽ<!͓  E VtڭUfu'D5Ԇҟ0Jͣz\Җfeq5_ky~J~:3䷿׋;]sY;CjzdRNs#J$v7?'G^*.|4Ǩ/6V6lG^h9!y-$,KN=7kƛ {0PSc%{|k&Yޥk7tk/ 齤3t8%`O8)aml Јo5t!<|=Uib1ބj,lJZ!`- P7385?VjIe>c%*oYȁlU\!} ^mkhy qT*N/Zz|x)wb}I+(P c O~j]fϙc~@›AW%HDظ;\QrM(pAD[dBTJ4v7QNuZQJEamWWz8(,y@^,"z^HyB3>Id1ZW P8s&+1U=NRWAϒC}Ky .g: e
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1