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How to Become Absurdly Well-Informed About the Famous and Infamous

How to Become Absurdly Well-Informed About the Famous and Infamous A Collection of Brief Biographies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Brief, offbeat biographies of renowned figures, such as Aristotle, Jane Austen, Humphrey Bogart, Lizzie Borden, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Caligula, Lady Godiva, and William Shakespeare are given in the form of witty and amusing verses.

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Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carré, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670814411
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
DEWEY: 827.914080355
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Weight: 405g
Height: 220mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 508mm