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Title: A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar ISBN: 0-14-028024-3 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (46 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Funny, Enjoyable-But Inaccurate
Comment: This book is good-to a point. I was very amused by it, and is fun to just open up to a page and start reading-but the bias of the author is evident. I didn't care for his insensitivity toward the sufferings of Marie Antoinette and his matter-of-factness about the character of Richard III-that he was a murderer (and his making fun of the Richard III Society). When historical persons are judged the times they lived in must be taken into account-this author certainly didn't.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: I read Michael Farquhar's book on Great American Scandals and loved it. It inspired me to get his first book on Royal Scandals, which was equally delightful. Plus, it put a little perspective on our three centuries of history and scandal. Farquhar includes TWO THOUSAND years worth of kings, queens, tsars, popes and emperors behaving badly. A fabulous read!
Rating: 3
Summary: Cute
Comment: Not a book to be considered significantly informational or overly weighted with details. However, it is a cute one. Allow yourself to be amused even if some of the stories are a bit familiar. Its a book to read when you want to relax and be entertained not when you want to study and be educated. It may qualify as a guilty pleasure.
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Title: A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing by Michael Farquhar ISBN: 0142001929 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty by Karl Shaw ISBN: 0767907558 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard ISBN: 0312244967 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II by David Hilliam ISBN: 0750923407 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Royal Murders: Hatred, Revenge and the Seizing of Power by Dulcie M. Ashdown ISBN: 075092439X Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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