History's Mysteries: Coincidences and True Crimes That Shaped the World

What strange coincidences and unsolved murders shaped the world? You’ll be stunned by the stories you never learned in school—like how the sudden death of Genghis Khan’s grandson outside Vienna saved Europe and all of Western civilization. How did the plotted “murder” of Poland contribute to America winning its War of Independence? Was Stalin murdered? And how did one prince’s suicide start the chain reaction that led to World War I, the collapse of four empires, and the 20th century as we know it?