An edition of History's greatest scandals
(2007)
History's greatest scandals
shocking stories of powerful people
by Ed Wright
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Scandals, History, Anecdotes, Biography, World history| Edition | Availability |
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History's greatest scandals: shocking stories of powerful people
2013, Thunder Bay Press
in English
1607108623 9781607108627
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History's greatest scandals: shocking stories of powerful people
2007, Barnes & Noble
in English
0760786666 9780760786666
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Book Details
Table of Contents
POLITICAL MISCONDUCT
A Question of Paternity : Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Temperance in all Things : Jabez Spencer Balfour
The Worst President in American History : Warren G. Harding
A Peculiar Kind of Love : Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
"I Am Not a Crook" : Richard Nixon and Watergate
An Affair to Remember : John Profumo and the Fall of a Government
The Prime Minister Who Got the Sack : Gough Whitlam
All the President's Women : Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
The Liberal and the Unstable Stable Boy : Jeremy Thorpe
"I Did Not Have Sexual Relations with That Woman!" : Bill Clinton
MURDER AND MYSTERY
The Enlightened Despot : Catherine the Great
"The Interview" : Aaron Burr Jr and the Death of a Founding Father
The Star-Spangled Killer : How Daniel Sickles Got Away with Murder
The Maestro's Melancholia : Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Stormy Life
The Fat Man in the Bathroom : Fatty Arbuckle
FALSE PROPHETS
The Preacher and the Prostitute : Jimmy Swaggart
"Man Raped by Banana" : The Reverend Canaan Banana
Praise the Lord and Pass the Loot : Jim Bakker's Fall from Grace
ON THE LAM
The Fugitive : Caravaggio's Life on the Run
"He Wouldn't Take No for an Answer" : Roman Polanski
The Case of the Vanishing Aristocrat : Lord Lucan
DOUBLE LIVES
The Scam Artiste Extraordinaire : Therese Humbert
Portrait of a Shadow : The Secrets of Anthony Blunt
Good Versus Evil : The Petrov Affair
The Pseudocidal Politician : John Stonehouse
PRIVATE PERVERSIONS
Pleasure Through Pain : The Marquis de Sade
A Whip and a Country Garden : Percy Grainger
The Obsessive-Compulsive Billionaire : Howard Hughes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-255).
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