The Little Book of Loony Dictators The Equatorial Guinean president Macias Nguema once initiated a cabinet reshuffle by clubbing his foreign minister to death. Idi Amin entertained his fellow African presidents by demonstrating how to suffocate someo...
Which king lost the crown jewels? Which queen was as wide as she was tall? And who was the king who died with a poker up his bum?
A humorous take on British kings and queens through the ages. Packed
with facts and information - focusi...
This compendious celebration of ineptitude includes some of history’s most spectacularly ill-conceived expeditions and entirely useless pursuits, and features tales of black comedy, insane foolhardiness, breathtaking stupidity and relentless persev...