Chambers Myths and Mysteries

A lost continent, a ring of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, the great carved heads of Easter Island and a ship found drifting with no one aboard: Kate Sleight gathers the puzzles that have kept people guessing for centuries, alongside the urban legends of our own time. Here are the Holy Grail and King Arthur, the tomb of Tutankhamen and the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, each examined for whatever truth lies behind the story.

Built on the Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained and expanded with plenty of newly researched material, it is arranged for looking up a familiar mystery or wandering into one you have never heard of. A fine companion for the curious browser who loves a good legend but would quite like to know how much of it is true.