Uncovering the Mysteries: Forty Historical Enigmas Revealed

The prestige edition of a tremendous bookstore success. On September 27, 52 BCE, everything was in place for Vercingétorix to win at Alésia over Caesar’s legions; however, quite the opposite happened. How can we explain this disaster in which the destiny of Gaul was played out? On May 29, 1968, General de Gaulle disappeared; faced with the social movement, was he tempted to withdraw, and what did he say and do in Baden-Baden? The secret of these crucial hours is not entirely elucidated. Was Atlantis a land swept away by a tsunami in the middle of the Aegean Sea, or a Platonic metaphor? Some believe that the Turin shroud enveloped the body of Christ, others are assured of the opposite. Who sculpted and erected these monumental figures on an improbable island in the South Pacific? The great history is also made of these incidents, coincidences and affairs which hit the headlines and retained their share of mystery while influencing the destinies of countries. We have struggled to elucidate these enigmas, sometimes for centuries, and are often irritated by them, but they retain the charm of family secrets. Some of them, however, have influenced the destinies of the world. Here finally, in a single volume, what it is possible to know and understand about forty of them, previously published in the two bestsellers edited by Jean-Christian Petitfils.