- Anecdotes, Biography, History, Humor (Nonfiction)
A lively, compulsively browsable collection of neglected notables—from the bestselling author of A Treasury of Royal Scandals"History," wrote Thomas Carlyle, "is the essence of innumerable biographies."
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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and cool.
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- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Farquhar
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc., Penguin (Non-Classics), Penguin Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143113058
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