? Discover How a Shiny Metal Shaped Civilizations, Toppled Empires, and Became Humanity's Ultimate Obsession!

What if the same gold that adorned Pharaohs' tombs fueled Hitler's war machine? Or if Spanish conquistadors melted sacred Inca suns... only to trigger history's first global inflation? ? This large-print masterpiece unveils gold's epic saga -- from prehistoric riverbeds to digital currencies -- exposing its power to build temples, bankroll wars, and warp human desire across 6,000 years.

? Egyptian priests calling gold "flesh of the gods" ?? *(while pharaohs hoarded 20-ton temple treasures!)*
? Vikings trading golden arm rings as blood-money ??
? Mansa Musa's hajj crashing economies with 18 tons of gold dust ?
? Cyanide-laced rivers in California's Gold Rush ?? (1.5 billion tons of earth moved for mere ounces!)

"Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!"
-- Thomas Hood - A poet's cry that lured thousands to their graves in frozen Klondike valleys 1.

? Secrets Your History Teacher Hid:

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? Roman mines where slaves died in darkness ?? (Hispania's tunnels swallowed 60,000 lives to mint aureus coins) 15.

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? Aztec "sweat of the sun" ?? (Ritually buried -- never mined -- because gold's spirit was alive) 10.

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? 1930s Fed secretly confiscating citizens' gold ? (Executive Order 6102: $20.67/oz seized, then revalued at $35!) 17.

? Readers Are Transfixed:
*"The chapter on Mali's Mansa Musa left me speechless! He distributed so much gold during his 1324 hajj that Cairo's economy crashed for a decade. Large print made every jaw-dropping fact crystal clear!"* - Eleanor R. (5 stars)

? Perfect For You If:

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You've ever owned a gold coin or pawned grandma's necklace.

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You suspect money isn't just paper -- it's psychology forged in metal.

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You need large print (because squinting at greed's history is poetic injustice!).

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You crave untold stories: Not just Fort Knox, but why Nazis stored looted gold in salt mines... and how one bar sparked a 1996 lawsuit!



?? Warning: This book contains:

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Sacrilege (Crusaders melting Constantinople's altars) 2.

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Alchemy (Newton's secret quest to turn lead into gold... while running England's mint!) 17.

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Betrayal (1990s bankers manipulating gold to "fix" markets) 3.



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• Publication Date: January 14, 2025
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• Print Length: 240 Pages
• File Size: 14 KB