Secret History of the World by Mark Booth

Mark Booth retells roughly 3,000 years of history from the perspective of secret societies, mystery schools and esoteric traditions. He begins from the provocative premise that the stories these groups have told about the past are true.

Topics range across Greek and Egyptian mythology, Jewish folklore, Christianity and the Freemasons to figures such as Charlemagne, Don Quixote, George Washington and Adolf Hitler. Booth suggests the book can also be read simply as a record of what people have believed, rather than established history.