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《NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOK》MORE BAD DAYS IN HISTORY : The Delightfully Dismal, Day-by-Day Saga of Ignominy, Idiocy, And Incompetence Continues

Michael Farquhar
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Another 365 Wickedly Entertaining Days of Historical Bad Luck, Epic Misfortune, And Unadulterated Mayhem

ISBN 9781426221460
Book Condition LIKE NEW
Format HARDCOVER
Publisher National Geographic Society
Publication Date 22 Jul 2021
Pages 464
Weight 0.66 kg
Dimension 21.5 × 14.5 × 4 cm
Retail Price RM125.34
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History is filled with struggle and triumph, determination and discovery, courage and revolution–and let’s face it, some really bad days.
 
Featuring tales of bad romance, failed business deals, presidential missteps, royal sabotage, tragic loss, and missed opportunities, this illuminating narrative tells the unfortunate–but often comical–tales of days gone horribly wrong from ancient history to the modern day.
 
In this delightful sequel to his sleeper hit “Bad Days in History”, best-selling author Michael Farquhar delivers another eye-popping collection of unhappy days starring some of history’s most famous, infamous and, unfortunate personalities caught up in a rich assortment of wretched episodes.
 
Here you will find a politically smeared George Washington, a cranky Colonel Sanders, a homicidal Saint Olga of Kiev, a cuckolded Napoleon, a flame-censored Steinbeck, a treacherous Douglas MacArthur, a weeping Einstein, an exasperated Charles Dickens, a humiliated King Henry II, and a faux-contrite Ted Kennedy. And that’s just in July!


From the decadent palaces of ancient Rome to the modern Halls of Congress, this illuminating (sometimes disturbing) narrative features an almost endless array of misbehavior, amusing mishaps, and breathtaking misfortune over the ages and across the historical spectrum.
 
Each less-than-red-letter day of the year is recounted in Farquhar’s wry voice and comes with the enduring lesson The Wall Street Journal found in the first volume of this series: “Bad Days in History may offer consolation to the great mass of quotidian belly-achers … whose piddling misfortunes and regrets will snap neatly into perspective when set against [this] record of idiocy and disaster.”
 
This surprising and sometimes heartbreaking collection of mayhem and malady will leave you amused, intrigued, and horrified by day after day of hilarious catastrophe.
 
The book is long but rich with humor, promising a good time for those who love history, politics, pop culture, religion and sports to name a few. There were laugh out loud moments and some leaving me shaking my head. The illustrations were such a bonus to complement some of the entries.
 
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About the Author :
 
MICHAEL FARQUHAR, a former writer and editor at the Washington Post, is the best-selling author of numerous books, including the critically acclaimed Behind the Palace Doors and Secret Lives of the Tsars, as well as the popular Penguin Treasury series: A Treasury of Royal Scandals, A Treasury of Great American Scandals, A Treasury of Deception, and A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans. He lives in Washington, D.C
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