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Title: Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Author: Colin Evans
ISBN: 9780471380382
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
History 1615740
Publisher Description:
Praise for Great Feuds in History
"Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and flair."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Evans captures all the drama and controversy in these streamlined accounts brimming with invigorated, well-paced prose."
-- Publishers Weekly
In Great Feuds in History, Colin Evans puts us in the middle of ten of history's most significant struggles-high-stakes personal conflicts that had a lasting impact on the societies around them and on generations that followed.
Spanning five hundred years of political rivalry, spiritual conflict, and ancestral discord, here are ten fascinating true tales of ambition, greed, jealousy, passion, and fear that are as gripping and meaningful today as they were in their own turbulent times.
* Queen Elizabeth I versus Mary, Queen of Scots
* English parliament versus King Charles I
* Aaron Burr versus Alexander Hamilton
* The Hatfields versus the McCoys
* Joseph Stalin versus Leon Trotsky
* Roald Amundsen versus Robert Scott
* The Duchess of Windsor versus the Queen Mother
* Bernard Law Montgomery versus George Patton
* Lyndon B. Johnson versus Robert F. Kennedy
* J. Edgar Hoover versus Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Colin Evans
ISBN: 9780471380382
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
History 1615740
Publisher Description:
Praise for Great Feuds in History
"Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and flair."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Evans captures all the drama and controversy in these streamlined accounts brimming with invigorated, well-paced prose."
-- Publishers Weekly
In Great Feuds in History, Colin Evans puts us in the middle of ten of history's most significant struggles-high-stakes personal conflicts that had a lasting impact on the societies around them and on generations that followed.
Spanning five hundred years of political rivalry, spiritual conflict, and ancestral discord, here are ten fascinating true tales of ambition, greed, jealousy, passion, and fear that are as gripping and meaningful today as they were in their own turbulent times.
* Queen Elizabeth I versus Mary, Queen of Scots
* English parliament versus King Charles I
* Aaron Burr versus Alexander Hamilton
* The Hatfields versus the McCoys
* Joseph Stalin versus Leon Trotsky
* Roald Amundsen versus Robert Scott
* The Duchess of Windsor versus the Queen Mother
* Bernard Law Montgomery versus George Patton
* Lyndon B. Johnson versus Robert F. Kennedy
* J. Edgar Hoover versus Martin Luther King Jr.
