Michael Farquhar

15 books

Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year by Michael Farquhar

Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction historical history funny fast-paced

479 pages | first published 2015

Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain by Michael Farquhar

Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

307 pages | first published 2011

More Bad Days in History: The Delightfully Dismal, Day-By-Day Saga of Ignominy, Idiocy, and Incompetence Continues by Michael Farquhar

More Bad Days in History: The Delightfully Dismal, Day-By-Day Saga of Ignominy, Idiocy, and Incompetence Continues

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction history funny medium-paced

464 pages

Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia by Michael Farquhar

Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2014

A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes, and Frauds by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes, and Frauds

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction historical history funny informative lighthearted slow-paced

304 pages | first published 2005

A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced

257 pages | first published 2008

A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction history politics funny informative medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2003

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction historical history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

324 pages | first published 2001

The Century: History as It Happened on the Front Page of the Capital's Newspaper by Mary Hadar, Michael Farquhar

The Century: History as It Happened on the Front Page of the Capital's Newspaper

Mary Hadar, Michael Farquhar

emotional reflective medium-paced

missing page info | first published 1999

Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission by Michael Farquhar

Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission

Michael Farquhar

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

288 pages | first published 2016