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History's Most Insane Rulers: Lunatics, Eccentrics, And Megalomaniacs From Emperor Caligula To Kim Jong Il (2013)

by Michael Rank(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1483981126 (ISBN13: 9781483981123)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Five Minute Books

review 1: The first few chapters were good, interesting, fun reading. To hear all the outlandish things some of the rulers had done was quite amusing and a little disturbing. Made me feel pretty normal! However the last two chapters took a sharp turn that was an abrupt departure from the first few. It suddenly turned serious and analytical. Then the last chapter was a little annoying as it was a plug for the next book (which is completely different subject matter) wrapped in a chapter. If the author had kept going with just chapters about kooky leaders, I would have loved this book.
review 2: Fun little pocketbook on some of the craziest rulers in history. Each chapter give information on the insane things each ruler did during the time in power, why they did it, a... morend occasionally what caused their madness. Not all the rulers are in the distant past, a few just recently deceased. Rank even touches on the future of the "mad" rulers/dictators. I recommend it for history buffs that want a quick read, or anyone with a small interest the crazy reign of some of the worlds more mad rulers. less

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