Historical Blunders
Historical Blunders
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Book Description
This lively and entertaining collection of mishaps from the Classical Era to the Cold War period is drawn from an impressively wide range of fields of human activity -- politics, religion, economics, technology, medicine and many more. Both shocking and amusing, these stories expose historical oversights, misdeeds and misdemeanours, such as the Dutch prince who arranged his own assassination and the latter day Caligula who elevated his dog to the rank of colonel in the Romanian army.
Historical Blunders,Geoffrey Regan,Carlton Books, Ltd.,184222591X,History,History - General History,History: World,Reference,World - General,Errors, inventions, etc,History / General,History / General History,History / Reference,History/World - General,World history
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