Madmen of History
by Hook, Donald D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0824602021
- ISBN 13
- 9780824602024
- Seller
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CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Adolf Hitler, Lee Harvey Oswald, Robespierre, Ivan the Terrible...This intriguing look at 18 madmen is a collection of personality studies of those ranging from the criminally insane to those blinded by political or personal ideals. Some have changed the flow of events within their own geographical region, while others have drastically altered the course of world events. Divided into three sections--Despots; Assassins; and Hangmen, Henchmen, and Mystics--Hook delves into the circumstances and mind-sets of: Adolf Eichmann, mass-murderer of five million Jews; Charlotte Corday, the zealot of the French Revolution; William Clark Quantrill, the mad captain of the Confederate Army; Grigori Rasputin, the mad Russian monk; Gavrilo Princip, a fanatical, teenaged revolutionary who unknowingly triggered World War I when he assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife; and others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kayleighbug Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028826
- Title
- Madmen of History
- Author
- Hook, Donald D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0824602021
- ISBN 13
- 9780824602024
- Publisher
- Jonathan David Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Middle Village, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
- X weight
- 19 oz
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