Books by Tony Perrottet
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review 1: I was checking out the bargain section of B&N with two friends and found this on the history shelf. Only the spine was showing, which only says "Napoleon's Privates". Being in a silly mood I laughed and pointed it out to my friends, thinking that it was a book about privates in N...
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review 1: LOVED this book! If you have an interest in traveling to less savory locations with historical significance, read this and take notes. Personally, I saved several sites to visit and loved the in-depth description of places I could never hope to enter, such as Sade's Chateau, the ...
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review 1: I enjoyed the book and, surprisingly, came away with a different, and mixed,opinion of Casanova who could have been the template for the Dos Equis man (not that I drink, mind you, but it was the easiest cultural reference). Casanova was a mathematician, a violinist, a physician, ...
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review 1: I'm a sucker for a cheap book. This isn't necessarily a bad book--it's just not necessarily a good one either. It's fun brain candy for history lovers. The writing is lighthearted and fun (how serious can you be when discussing Napoleon's bits), and at the end of every section, t...
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review 1: There's something so gently hilarious about taking one's family on a tour of Europe looking for naughty places. And he's my kind of parent: he has his own interests, he doesn't worry too much about what he's "exposing" his kids to (and therefore they take everything in stride an...