The World's Most Mysterious People

Described as being "among the best researchers in the business" by Colin Wilson, author and world authority on unexplained phenomena, the writers of this intriguing book on people with exceptional and, sometimes, seemingly supernatural abilities certainly live up to his claim. Each arcane, unusual or enigmatic being who is featured in their book, together with his or her life and deeds, is examined with a refreshing openness and spirit of unbiased zeal. Herein lie the legendary exploits of King Arthur and his mystical mentor Merlin and the fate of the old Hebridean seer who lives on in the fulfilment of his prophecies, together with the incredible lifestyles, ideas and abilities of more contemporary and documented mystics and uncanny individuals such as Rasputin - the sex crazed but charismatic healer and favourite of the fated Russian royals - a man who was almost impossible to kill. Aleister Crowley, self-styled magician and witch, is examined in the light of his singular manipulation of arcane 'law'; while the extensive works and travels of Madame Helena Blavatsky, forerunner of modern spiritualism and theosophy, leave us wondering whether she was indeed a gifted magician and medium, a charlatan, or, at the very least, imaginative if deluded. Is the ubiquitous Count of Sainte-Germaine still living after two and a half centuries? Who was the Man In The Iron Mask? Did he 'know too much' for King Louis X1V to either kill or free? Who or what was the depraved leaping creature known as Spring-heeled Jack who terrorised the streets of Victorian London? Where and how did the French priest Berenger Sauniere suddenly acquire his untold wealth at Rennes-le-Chateau? Was this through being in league with demons or via old manuscripts or maps which 'marked the spot'? Could the cross-fertilisation between the genes of humans and those of an alien race account for the spontaneous type of brilliance that seems to occur in some exceptional human beings? Sustenance for the enquiring mind indeed! All these questions and many more are wholeheartedly embraced and investigated by the Fanthorpes. Travelling extensively and researching rigorously, they have (quite literally) left no stone unturned in their quest for information and answers to the world's most tantalising and perplexing mysteries. Always prepared to offer a possible logical explanation when one is feasible, their minds are, nevertheless, never closed to the possibilities that deeper, older or more arcane treasures of truth might lie at the end of each investigative path. The questions that become generated from within the depths of their enquiries and investigations into enigmas old and new become yet another source of energy, providing the reader, and, I am certain

From Rasputin to Nikola Tesla, to The Man in the Iron Mask, The Fanthorpe's have a wonderful and clever book here. Written with great wit and charm this title takes the reader into the lives of many interesting characters. Some famous and others infamous. The chapters are short but exceptionally done. It's a great book to take on an outing, trip, whatever. I found it wonderful to read over my lunch hour. All in all I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in mysterious personages or just mysteries in general. You won't be disappointed here. Do yourself a favor: Buy it!