Famous curses

136 Pages·1979·21.725 MB·English

by  Daniel Cohen

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DANIEL COHEN
Illustrated with photographs and prints
Did the curse of King Tut destroy
the people who found his tomb?
Did the beautiful Hope Diamond
bring bad luck to those who owned it?
Was Britain's most popular war hero
killed by a curse?
Is there a curse on U.S. Presidents
elected in certain years?
These are just some of the ques
tions that are answered in this collec
tion of stories of the world's most
famous curses. You will also learn how
a curse has prevented the building of
a bridge today, and what befell King
Philip of France when he betrayed the
Knights of the Temple.
Curses are extremely ancient. Peo
ple have been plae;ing them on one
another for thousands of years. Not all
curses are evil, though. Lady Mabella
Tichborne, for example, used a power
ful curse to help the poor.
Famous Curses explores many
sides of this fascinating and often
eerie subject.
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FAMOUS
CURSES
Daniel
Cohen
Illustrated with photographs
and prints
D00D, MEAD & COMPANY
NEW YORK
The following illustrations are used by permission and through the
courtesy of: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 14, 17; from The Great
Orm of Loch Ness by F. W. Holiday, W. W. Norton & Co., 39; Library of
Congress, 93, 94, 96, 97; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 18; National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 22; New York Public Library Picture
Collection, 47, 59, 61, 83, 86-87, 89, 99, 107, 111, 114, 115; from
Nineteenth-Century Stage by Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications,
Inc .. 82; Radio Times Hulton Picture Library, 32; Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Dane Alexander Penland, 45; UPI, 52, 118.
Copyright © 1979 by Daniel Cohen
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from the publisher
Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cohen, Daniel.
Famous curses.
Includes index.
SUMMARY: Presents the stories behind and discusses the validity of
such famous curses as those associated with King Tut's tomb and the
Hope diamond.
1. Incantations-Juvenile literature. 2. Blessing and cursing-Juvenile
literature. (1. Blessing and cursing] I. Title.
GR540.C63 001.9 79-52039
ISBN 0-396-07712-9
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For Shirley Shannon, without whom this book,
and many others, would not have been possible.
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