Michael Farquhar

12 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

480 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history funny informative medium-paced
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

307 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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

257 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
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

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics funny informative medium-paced
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

324 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction historical history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Century: History as It Happened on the Front Page of the Capital's Newspaper by Michael Farquhar, Mary Hadar

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

Michael Farquhar, Mary Hadar

missing page info • first pub 1999 (editions)

emotional reflective medium-paced
Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission by Michael Farquhar

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

Michael Farquhar

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
More Bad Days in History: The Delightfully Dismal, Day-by-Day Saga of Ignominy, Idiocy, and Incompetence Continues by Michael Farquhar, Giulia Ghigini

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

Michael Farquhar, Giulia Ghigini

464 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical history adventurous funny informative medium-paced
National Geographic 100 Shocking Events by Michael Farquhar

National Geographic 100 Shocking Events

Michael Farquhar

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction