A Short History of the World Series by Ben Gazur & Natasha Tidd 3 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback/Hardback

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All power corrupts, but absolute power can turn people into absolute monsters. The true stories behind the men and women who led tyrannies around the world. This is history ... but not as you know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeading readers through all of world history, Ben Gazur looks at how tyrants and their regimes have shaped the course of humanity from the earliest times right up until the modern day. From the first Ancient Greek tyrants to those who still dominate nations today, dictators have always been pulling the strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 50 bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants examines their rise to power, how they stayed there and how they were overthrown, investigating their lives and crimes. Readers will learn how Catherine the Great seized the throne from her own husband, how Adolf Hitler created a cult of personality to assume complete control, and how Julius Caesar met his end under a rain of stabs on the senate floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow the whims, eccentricities and evil acts of dictators across the millennia, such as the deadly search for immortality by the first Chinese Emperor, the wily machinations of the Emperor Augustus and the crushing brutality of Pol Pot’s rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Failures (Hardback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFrom the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fifty bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, A Short History of the World in 50 Failures details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized upon and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it’s the pharaoh Akhenaten’s misplaced attempt to found a new religion or Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia, discover a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus that created the world as we know it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies (Paperback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTaking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar’s deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies journeys through forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, that all started with a forged papal document that went on to spark the start of the European Reformation. 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From the first Ancient Greek tyrants to those who still dominate nations today, dictators have always been pulling the strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 50 bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants examines their rise to power, how they stayed there and how they were overthrown, investigating their lives and crimes. Readers will learn how Catherine the Great seized the throne from her own husband, how Adolf Hitler created a cult of personality to assume complete control, and how Julius Caesar met his end under a rain of stabs on the senate floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow the whims, eccentricities and evil acts of dictators across the millennia, such as the deadly search for immortality by the first Chinese Emperor, the wily machinations of the Emperor Augustus and the crushing brutality of Pol Pot’s rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Failures (Hardback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFrom the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fifty bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, A Short History of the World in 50 Failures details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized upon and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it’s the pharaoh Akhenaten’s misplaced attempt to found a new religion or Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia, discover a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus that created the world as we know it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies (Paperback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTaking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar’s deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies journeys through forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, that all started with a forged papal document that went on to spark the start of the European Reformation. Also uncovered are mass political and press cover-ups including the infamous Dreyfus Affair in France that explores wrongful accusations, anti-semitism and Devil’s Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside these are examinations of how our retellings of history can turn fiction into fact, including The Spanish Inquisition’s deceitful legacy. Plus, there is an in-depth look at how historic lies can still impact our lives today, such as the deadly legacy of America’s Tuskegee Experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet incredible people, including Jeanne de Clisson who became the fourteenth century's most feared pirate – all because of a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies details the profound impact of this secretive side of history and shows that the truth really is stranger – and far more dangerous – than any fiction.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}