France's last queen, Marie Antoinette, is long believed to have said 'let them eat cake' in response to the plight of the poor. But new book Fake History reveals that the claim isn't true.
Myths are debunked in new book Fake History: 101 Things That Never Happened. It is by historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, who is known as the Fake History HunterThey are tales so firmly engrained in the public consciousness that it seems ridiculous to claim they aren't true.
It is a myth that typified the hedonism of the French king and queen, as ordinary people were starving. There is no evidence Antoinette ever made such a remark. Ms Teeuwisse tells how no one even claimed she said it until 'long after her death' The pervasiveness of this was typified when a protester who stormed the US Capitol building in 2021 was described as having a 'Viking helmet' or 'Viking horns' because of his bizarre choice of head gear.Instead, it is unlikely that the Scandinavian warriors, who raided and settled across Europe from the eighth to the 11th centuries, favoured fancy helmets at all.Only one complete helmet has ever been found at a burial site, and it did not have horns.
In reality, Napoleon was of average height for his period. He was angry at Gillray's depiction of him and even tried to get the British government to do something about it. His doctor wrote in 1802 that the emperor was five foot two inches, which when converted to the British system would be five foot six.
The firm's founder, Hugo Ferdinand Boss, was a member of the Nazi party and did manufacture some of the Nazis' uniforms, including their infamous brown shirts.Another popular myth is the claim that fashion house Hugo Boss designed the uniforms worn by the Nazis.
Ms Teeuwisse swifty demolishes both this and the claim that Hitler brought the motorway to Germany by opening the famous autobahn.The first section of road that could be called an autobahn or motorway opened in Germany in 1921. Two bullets collided in mid-air in the First World WarIt is a picture that has done the rounds on social media sites for years.
It has long been believed his last words, uttered to his good friend Thomas Hardy, were 'kiss me, Hardy'. The admiral also kept asking for something to drink, someone to fan him and for someone to rub his chest, so any of those requests may have been the last thing he said.
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