Author(s): Will Cuppy

Gift/Humour

Why do unfortunates suffer from Montezuma's revenge? Just what was so Great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard - Mark Anthony? Learn all this and more in Will Cuppy's humorous romp through the great names of world history. First published in 1950, it spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list, and is now regarded as a classic. Lighthearted but accurately researched, Will Cuppy presents the stories of villains and heroes through the ages - from Nero and Cleopatra to Attila the Hun; from Lady Godiva and Lucrezia Borgia to Christopher Columbus and Leif the Lucky - as you've never known them before: foolish, fallible, and very much our common ancestors. This book should earn an affectionate place on the bookshelves of humorists, historians and anyone who wants a lazy route to being a know-all.