About the Author
Michael Farquhar is Lecturer in Middle East Politics at King's College London.
Séries
Obras de Michael Farquhar
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens,… (2001) 1,020 cópias
A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and… (2003) 461 cópias
A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest… (2005) 316 cópias
Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year (2015) — Autor — 270 cópias
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain (2011) 176 cópias
A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the… (2008) 173 cópias
Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia (2014) 134 cópias
More Bad Days in History: The Delightfully Dismal, Day-by-Day Saga of Ignominy, Idiocy, and Incompetence Continues (2021) 29 cópias
Escândalos Reais 2 cópias
Escândalos da Realeza 2 cópias
Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of… 1 exemplar(es)
Schlimmer geht immer. 365 Unglückstage der Weltgeschichte. Eine fröhlich grimmige Chronik von Missgeschicken,… (2019) 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Farquhar, Michael
- Data de nascimento
- 20th Century
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Ocupação
- editor (Washington Post)
- Relacionamentos
- photographer
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A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders,… de Michael Farquhar
A fun little diversion.
9. [Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year] by [Michael Farquhar] Wickedest, weirdest, wildest, grim, true stories of much little known incidents in history. It took me 3 years to finish, but glad I read it and also glad to be finished. Decidedly from a western perspective. 3.5 stars 484 pages
Strictly a "bathroom reader". Collection of goofs, faux pas, bad judgment calls, and catastrophes, dealt out one per day. Some of the subjects are prominent (Louis XVI, Julia Child, Richard Nixon), others more obscure. There's no unifying theme here, and Farquhar sometimes attempts to be too cutesy when dealing with death, disaster, and defeat.
He does find some occasional curiosities, but this is definitely a dip-into-occasionally book, and not one you want to sit down with for an afternoon of solid reading.… (mais)
He does find some occasional curiosities, but this is definitely a dip-into-occasionally book, and not one you want to sit down with for an afternoon of solid reading.… (mais)
Short stories about deceptions. Good read, some were scary, how easily the world can be manipulated and fall for hoaxes.
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- Obras
- 17
- Membros
- 2,601
- Popularidade
- #9,872
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 58
- ISBNs
- 64
- Idiomas
- 4