Feuds in History P: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever - Tapa blanda

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"Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and flair."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The dramatic stories of ten high-stakes feuds that changed history forever In this spicy follow-up to the successful Great Feuds in Science and Great Feuds in Medicine, author Colin Evans offers blow-by-blow accounts of ten of the nastiest and most consequential feuds in history, from Elizabeth I's lengthy spat with royal pain Mary, Queen of Scots, to Aaron Burr's bloody battle with Alexander Hamilton, to Stalin and Trotsky's ferocious, intercontinental set-to. Detailing the historical context as well as the dramatic human stories behind these struggles, Great Feuds in History presents both famous disputes, such as the storied backwoods war waged by the Hatfields and McCoys, and lesser-known cases, such as the equally monumental feud between Generals Montgomery and Patton. Colin Evans (Pembs, UK) is the author of the Casebook of Forensic Detection (Wiley: 0-471-28369-X), and a forthcoming book on forensic controversies.

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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.