Karl Shaw: 7 books
Royal Babylon
The Alarming History of European Royalty
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.
Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear...
10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse
and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
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...
5 People Who Died During Sex
and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2007
All in perfectly bad taste
Prepare to be amazed, appalled, disgusted, and hugely entertained by this compendium of indelicate oddities. Nothing is too inane, too insane, too bizarre, or too distasteful for this incredible, seemingly impossible, but absolutely true collection of facts from across...
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
The alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy - from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy.
From Regency playhouses, to which young noblemen would go simply in order to insult someone to provoke a duel that...
by Karl Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
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 - focusing on all the funny bits!
by Karl Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
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 perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. It rejoices...
by Karl Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled and entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of bizarre but absolutely true trivia. Nothing is too distasteful for this astonishing compendium, including scores of eclectic lists to amuse, astonish and appal your friends.
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