About History That Rattles
Sharply surprising. Darkly illuminating. Deeply unsettling.
Forget crowns and conquests: history was really written by rats, plagues, mothers, and ordinary people just trying to survive the winter.
Historian Barbora Jirincová, PhD, reveals the strange and unsettling truths that shaped our world — from plague doctors and falcons-for-rent to the fashionable tragedy of tuberculosis. These stories aren’t comedy, though some are absurd; they are glimpses of how real people endured hunger, fear, faith, and medicine that often did more harm than good.
Inside, you’ll encounter:
Knights paying their rent in a single falcon.
Peasants freezing in the Little Ice Age while witch hunters warmed their hands.
Surgeons racing against the clock of their patients’ screams.
Myths and legends that refuse to die — even on the silver screen.
From Kyiv in flames to Cold War catwalks, History That Rattles uncovers the unsettling, often forgotten side of the past — and reminds us that history has always belonged less to emperors than to everyone else.
Both unsettling and illuminating, History That Rattles uncovers the strange truths behind our myths — and reminds us that humanity’s story has always belonged not to emperors, but to everyone else.
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