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New paperback edition - Before 'the greatest showman' P.T. Barnham there was Philip Astley, a British man who completely changed popular entertainment. This is his extraordinary story.

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The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend.

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Across four-hundred pages of quizzes and picture rounds, puzzles and anagrams, the nature of the recent and historical past as comparably apocalyptic and menacing to the atmosphere of the present (as perceived by some) is comically revealed in a dark-humoured tone.

Before 'the greatest showman' P.T. Barnham there was Philip Astley, a British man who completely changed popular entertainment. This is his extraordinary story.

Hereditary rule once dominated European politics. A few families, believing in divine rule, controlled the destinies of millions before they were ousted. This book takes an irreverent look at the monarchs with disturbing passions, the empress of sex and the king into a peculiar form of bribery.

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A celebration of over 2, 000 glorious years of epic failure and heroic underachievementThis compendious encyclopedia of human ineptitude includes some of history’s most spectacularly ill-conceived expeditions and entirely useless pursuits. It features tales of black comedy, insane foolhardiness, breathtaking stupidity and relentless perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. It rejoices in the very best of the not very good. History may be...

A truly mammoth collection of extraordinarily tasteless triviaStomach-turning, flabbergasting, horrifying, but strangely entertaining, much of this all-new collection of bizarre trivia is scarcely credible, yet all of it is absolutely true. Nothing is too distasteful for this astounding compendium of eclectic lists to amuse, astonish and appal. 5 people who became pet food 10 military commanders killed by their own side 10 X-rated fairy tales ...

A riotously entertaining account of the lives of British and other European aristocrats - stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy.

Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled, and completely entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of absolutely true trivia from the author of 5 People Who Died During Sex. Nothing is too insane, too inane, or too sacred for Karl Shaw's eclectic lists of the world's very worst. DID YOU KNOW… …that according to recent estimates (2010) your body is worth between $10, 000-$100, 000 on today's open market-from companies...

In an uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses, readers will find a lively investigation that leaves no throne unturned and that will make them glad they live in a democracy. Illustrations.