Bad Days in History (Inbunden)
avMichael Farquhar, Giulia (ILT) Ghigini, Michael Farquhar
ISBN: 9781426212680 - UTGIVEN: 2015-04From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, Bad Days in History delves into the past to present 365 delightfully told tales of historically bad days. Michael Farquhar's cleverly written entries draw from the full sweep of history to take re[...]
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors (Häftad)
avMichael Farquhar
ISBN: 9780140280241 - UTGIVEN: 200105From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class.
Gleeful, naughty, sometimes p[...]
A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing (Häftad)
avMichael Farquhar
ISBN: 9780142001929 - UTGIVEN: 2003-07Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and i[...]
A Treasury Of Deception (Pocket)
avMichael Farquhar
ISBN: 9780143035442 - UTGIVEN: 2005-06We may say that honesty is the best policy, but history--to say nothing of business, politics, and the media--suggests otherwise. In this infinitely citable book, the author of two bestselling treasuries of scandal recounts some of the greatest deceptions of all time. With what forged document did t[...]
Secret Lives of the Tsars (Häftad)
avMichael Farquhar
ISBN: 9780812979053 - UTGIVEN: 2014-07"Michael Farquhar doesn't write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwin's smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it."--Gene Weingarten, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and "Washington Post" columnist
Scandal [...]
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain (CD-bok)
avMichael Farquhar
ISBN: 9781452602967 - UTGIVEN: 201106Beleaguered by scandal, betrayed by faithless spouses, bedeviled by ambitious children, the kings and queens of Great Britain have been many things, but they have never been dull. Some sacrificed everything for love, while others met a cruel fate at the edge of an axman's blade.Behind the Palace Doo[...]
