Author: Lionel Fanthorpe
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Secrets of the World's Undiscovered Treasures (Paperback / softback - 21 May 2009)
Treasures of many kinds still lie hidden below crumbling castles and ruined monasteries; in macabre tombs; in subterranean labyrinths and sinister caverns. Many sunken treasures lie beneath the seas, oceans and lakes of the world. Vast stores of pirate gold are still hidden on many a real life treasure island such as Oak Island at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Many treasures were looted, hidden and lost after the two...
ISBN-13: 9781550029383 ; ISBN-10: 155002938X
Price: £14.99 £13.49 UK delivery 2 to 3 days
Mysteries & Secrets of Voodoo, Santeria, & Obeah (Paperback / softback - 4 Jul 2008)
The secrets of Santeria, Voodoo and Obeah are among the oldest enigmas in the world. Their roots go back to pre-historic Africa - perhaps even beyond that. From the 16th century onwards, the slave trade brought these ancient mysteries to the West, where they blended strangely with traditional Christianity: the ancient African gods became identified with legendary saints. This integration of the two faiths slowly...
ISBN-13: 9781550027846 ; ISBN-10: 1550027840
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Mysteries & Secrets of Time: Time Warps, Time Travel, Reincarnation & Deja Vu (Paperback / softback - 1 Apr 2007)
This fascinating work begins with a scientific appraisal of time and its relationship with 3D space. It explains in clear, understandable language, the complex theories of such famous men as Newton, Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. Is time infinite, or does it have a beginning and an end? Do Black Holes and White Vortices distort time, or penetrate it? The authors also analyse and evaluate puzzling, well documented...
ISBN-13: 9781550026771 ; ISBN-10: 1550026771
Price: £12.99 £10.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days
Mysteries & Secrets of the Masons: The Story Behind the Masonic Order (Paperback / softback - 13 May 2006)
Our world is mysterious and conspiratorial. Networking is key -- people who exercise power accept that success depends upon who you know. Some of these networks are obvious and visible, while others are hidden. Criminals and fundamentalist cults are sinister -- but some secret societies help and guard us. There are wheels within wheels. Unsuspected power sources are interconnected. Concealed watchers and listeners...
ISBN-13: 9781550026221 ; ISBN-10: 1550026224
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World's Most Mysterious Castles (Paperback / softback - 1 Sep 2005)
Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? 'The World's Most Mysterious Castles' takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and...
ISBN-13: 9781550025774 ; ISBN-10: 1550025775
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Mysteries & Secrets of the Templars: The Story Behind the Da Vinci Code (Paperback / softback - 1 May 2005)
Unsolved mysteries surround the remarkable men known as the Templars. Their ancient origins go back much further than their well-known adventures in the Middle East in the twelfth century. They knew that ancient secrets were waiting to be rediscovered and, perhaps, reactivated. They could generate labyrinthine codes -- and decipher those that others had created in the remote past. But no real understanding of...
ISBN-13: 9781550025576 ; ISBN-10: 1550025570
Price: £12.99 £10.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days
Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea (Paperback / softback - 1 Mar 2004)
Seas and oceans cover most of the Earth's surface, yet we know less about what lies beneath them than we do about stars and planets millions of miles away. The seas are filled with intriguing mysteries: How were they formed? What gave rise to stories of sirens, mermaids, and mermen? Where did the old pirates and buccaneers hide their treasure? The answers to these questions and more can be found in Unsolved...
ISBN-13: 9781550024982 ; ISBN-10: 1550024981
Price: £11.99 £9.59 UK delivery 1 to 2 days
World's Most Mysterious Murders (Paperback / softback - 8 May 2003)
Reading of murder stimulates a powerful response. We are repelled by the horror of it, but, simultaneously, our natural curiosity is strongly aroused. We want to know who did it, and why. Most unsolved murders have no apparent motives -- or too many motives. The murders of Sir Harry Oakes in 1943 -- one of the richest men in Canada -- and Christine Demeter -- found dead in a blood-soaked garage in Mississauga in...
World's Most Mysterious Objects (Paperback / softback - 7 Aug 2002)
Objects can carry romantic myths, embody dangerous curses, or provide links to our past. Some mysterious items, like the Hope Diamond, can still be found today, while others, like the Philosophers' Stone, have vanished into the mists of time. Gifted and sensitive psychometrists can apparently pick up an object and learn many things about its past and its previous owners. The World's Most Mysterious Objects provides...
Death: The Final Mystery (Paperback / softback - 13 Sep 2000)
The greatest human problem is that we are all born in the condemned cell. Money and medical science can extend the human lifespan significantly -- perhaps up to one thousand years via cloning and cryogenics -- but in the end, when the last medical miracle has been exhausted, Death still waits patiently for us. In Death: The Final Mystery, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe take their investigative skills to those last...
Mysteries of the Bible (Paperback / softback - 16 Oct 1999)
Was there an actual geographical location for the Garden of Eden, and what really went on there? What strange, dangerous powers lay hidden in the Ark of the Covenant, and where is it now? What did the Prophet Ezekiel see? Could it have been a spaceship? What saved Daniel from the lions, and Shadrach and his friends from the furnace? What were the mysterious Urim and Thummim, and how did they work? Was Jesus married...
World's Most Mysterious Places (Paperback / softback - 17 Jun 1999)
The World's Most Mysterious Places is a collection of stories about lost lands, weird locations, and strange sites, many of which the authors have investigated in person. Some of the places are actual sites we can visit, others are legendary lands that have long since vanished. All are sure to intrigue and astound the reader. Here you will discover: a bookshop in San Antonio, Texas, that seems to be haunted by the...
World's Most Mysterious People (Paperback / softback - 17 Nov 1998)
Did Rasputin, the mad monk of Tsarist Russia, possess supernatural powers? Who was the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille who has gone down in history as "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Did he possess a priceless secret which Louis XIV desperately wanted to learn? Victorian Britain was terrorised by a weird super-athlete known to the popular press of those days as "Spring-heeled Jack." Was he just...
World's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries (Paperback / softback - 11 Oct 1997)
People disappear without a trace. Captain Briggs, his crew, and his family vanished from the Canadian built Mary Celeste. Ben Bathurst walked around the horses harnessed to his coach Ñ and was never seen again. People appear without explanation Kaspar Hauser arrived in Nuremberg as inexplicably as if he'd materialised from some unknown dimension. Researchers of the paranormal have investigated cases where...
Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt (Paperback / softback - 25 Jul 1996)
It began innocently enough... in 1795 three boys discovered the top of an acient shaft on uninhabited Oak Island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The boys began to dig, and what they uncovered started the world's greatest and stangest treasure hunt. Two hundred years of courage, back-breaking effort, ingenuity, and engineering skills have so far failed to retrieve what is concealed there. The Oak Island curse prophesies...














