The Pessimist's Guide to History

by Doris Flexner (Author), Stuart Berg Flexner (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.44

  For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been a hundred devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This guide offers presents the darkest events in history.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $16.79

  For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been a hundred devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This guide offers presents the darkest events in history.