Shadow Pasts
05 Dec 07

High in their ivory towers academic historians focus on “serious” topics such as: politics, international relations, economic development, legislation, social conditions etc. Whilst they may be brilliant within their own fields of specialist expertise, many are blinkered to the mysteries that captivate the rest of us living outside academia.

Instead it is left to the amateur historians (those not employed by Universities) who passionately investigate the enigmas of history. They have examined and debated all the proofs and evidence, developed societies, websites and books and become the leading experts in these intriguing and shadowy byways of history.

In fact it is these so called “amateurs” who make the breakthrough new discoveries or develop theories and explanations that hold the rest of us enthralled.

In this fascinating book controversial historian William D Rubinstein has entered the world of the amateur historian.  He has met these zealous, sometimes fanatical people, sat in on conferences, meetings and debates and immersed himself in the various factions surrounding seven of the most enduring historical mysteries such as: the assassination of JFK, Jack The Ripper, the Shakespeare Authorship Question and Richard III and the Princes in the Tower.

In Shadow Pasts he reveals the world of the amateur historian and examines in detail the theories surrounding each mystery and presents his own original, sometimes surprising conclusions about what really happened.

	Shadow Pasts
	Author	William Rubinstein
	Pub Date	1 Nov 2007
	Price	£19.99
	Publisher	Longman
	ISBN10	0582505976
	ISBN13	9780582505971
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