TY - BOOK AU - Rayner,E.G. AU - Stapley,Ron TI - Who was Mr Nobody?: debunking historical mysteries SN - 9780750946858 (pbk.) U1 - 902 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Stroud, Gloucestershire PB - Sutton KW - History KW - Miscellanea N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 237-238 N2 - Everyone has had the experience of hearing, seeing or reading something they just know can't be right: the man in the pub claiming that someone has 'proved' Napoleon was murdered; the reputable historian who writes that George II died on the toilet, or the feature film that shows Rasputin, shot repeatedly, rising from the icy river Neva, still alive. Wouldn't it be richly satisfying to clear up these mysteries and misrepresentations? In the follow-on to their highly successful "Debunking History", history buffs Ed Rayner and Ron Stapley put their egghead brains to the task of establishing the correct answers to a host of teasing historical questions and exasperating mysteries ER -