A razor-sharp, story-first history of how ordinary people survived plagues, hunger, and bad medicine. For readers who want vivid, short chapters and a grown-up lens on what really kept humans alive. • What you'll get: gripping micro-histories with zero textbook fog. • Why it's different: everyday survival-not kings and battles-drives the story. • You'll walk away with: a clearer sense of how fragile bodies built resilient societies. 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. Scroll up and grab your copy today - and discover the strange, sharp, and thought-provoking side of history.
