{"product_id":"more-bad-days-in-history-isbn-9781426221460","title":"More Bad Days in History","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this delightful sequel to his sleeper hit \u003ci\u003eBad Days in History,\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Michael Farquhar delivers another eye-popping collection of unhappy days starring some of history's most famous, infamous and, unfortunate personalities caught up in a rich assortment of wretched episodes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere you will find a politically smeared George Washington, a cranky Colonel Sanders, a homicidal Saint Olga of Kiev, a cuckolded Napoleon, a flame-censored Steinbeck, a treacherous Douglas MacArthur, a weeping Einstein, an exasperated Charles Dickens, a humiliated King Henry II, and a faux-contrite Ted Kennedy. And that's just in July!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the decadent palaces of ancient Rome to the modern Halls of Congress, this illuminating (sometimes disturbing) narrative features an almost endless array of misbehavior, amusing mishaps, and breathtaking misfortune over the ages and across the historical spectrum. Each less-than-red-letter day of the year is recounted in Farquhar's wry voice and comes with the enduring lesson The \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003efound in the first volume of this series:\u003cbr\u003e\"Bad Days in History may offer consolation to the great mass of quotidian belly-achers ... whose piddling misfortunes and regrets will snap neatly into perspective when set against [this] record of idiocy and disaster.\"\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL FARQUHAR,\u003c\/b\u003e a former writer and editor at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, is the best-selling author of numerous books, including the critically acclaimed B\u003ci\u003eehind the Palace Doors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecret Lives of the Tsars\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the popular Penguin Treasury series: \u003ci\u003eA Treasury of Royal Scandals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Treasury of Great American Scandals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Treasury of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, D.C.","brand":"National Geographic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894149902565,"sku":"NP9781426221460","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/2c9ecee6-ba4e-4888-8549-ab70015d1daf.jpg?v=1730385648","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/more-bad-days-in-history-isbn-9781426221460","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}