The Mystery of Atlantis Author:Charles Berlitz The Lost Continent — For thousands of years, men have been intrigued by the lost-continent-of-Atlantis mystery. Plato wrote of a great island with a dense population, golden roofed cities, and a mighty navy and army which diappeared 9000 years before. Was the story of Atlantis an historical fact, a piece of fiction, or an outright lie? In the mo... more »st definitive study of its kind, Charles Berlitz traces the history of one of the great legends about the "lost" or "eighth" continent and discusses how new developments in underwater exploration have brought forth surprising new discoveries.« less