More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts.
Following on his acclaimed 'Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, And Einstein's Brain', the insatiably curious Harvey Rachlin tells the fascinating and often hilarious tales of forty more historical artifacts, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the glorious to the grotesque, from the obscure to the majestic.
Whether tracing the path of the four existing original copies of the Magna Carta or recounting the mad police search to recover Marilyn Monroe's white dress from 'The Seven Year Itch', Rachlin presents a wonderfully diverse range of historical artifacts.
Each of these objects is a tangible piece of history, with its own story to tell, a story that opens a window on the past, giving us a glimpse into the time from which it came and the people whose lives it affected.
