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History's Most Insane Rulers Lunatics, Eccentrics, and Megalomaniacs from Emper

Paperback • 2013 • English

History's Most Insane Rulers Lunatics, Eccentrics, and Megalomaniacs from Emper

By Michael Rank

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About the book

Few mixtures are as toxic as absolute power and insanity. When nothing stands between a leader's delusion whims and seeing them carried them out, all sorts of bizarre outcomes are possible. Whether it is Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I practicing archery on palace servants and sending out his advisers to find the fattest woman in the empire for his wife or Turkmenistan President Turkmenbashi renaming the days of the week after himself and constructing an 80-foot golden statue that revolves to face the ...Show more

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9781483981123

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

History's Most Insane Rulers Lunatics, Eccentrics, and Megalomaniacs from Emper

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Paperback

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