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

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

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    Publisher's Synopsis

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

    Book information

    ISBN: 9780140097023
    Publisher: Penguin
    Imprint: Penguin
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 827.914080355
    DEWEY edition: 19
    Number of pages: 220
    Weight: 182g
    Height: 198mm
    Width: 129mm

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