The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16. okt. 2005 - 304 sider Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World's Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... to dispose of young Edward III , marry Isabella , and become king . A secret tunnel in Nottingham fouled up his plans . The young Edward III had been guarded throughout his childhood 34 THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS CASTLES 34.
... married Mary Magdalene and had children by her . According to this hypothesis , Mary and those children later ... Marriage and human fatherhood are no obstacles to a belief in Christ's uniquely divine role . If anything , they enhance it ...
... married Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, and the castle stayed in their family for centuries. In the early fifteenth century, Blanche de Marquefave married another Pierre- Raymond of Hautpoul, and her dowry included Rennes-le-Château along ...
... married into the mysterious Merovingian Dynasty. This constitutes the famous and highly con- troversial bloodline theory, which features Mary Magdalene herself as the living Holy Grail — the human vessel carrying the divine, royal ...
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