Grandes liadas de la historia es un libro sobre anécdotas históricas, escrito con tono desenfadado y un poco canalla. Esta es la edición traducida al inglés por el traductor Timothy Bruce Allen.
Great Historic Fiascos is a book of historical anecdotes. Written in a light-hearted, somewhat roguish tone, it offers the reader a critical retelling of a number of hand-picked events that took
an unexpected and sometimes spectacular turn for the worse for some of those involved. Using an approach that ranges from jocular to black humoured, the events covered focus mainly on
battles and span the period from classical antiquity to the First World War. Specifically:
• Attalus III of Pergamum
• The Battle of Balaklava
• Pyrrhus of Epirus
• Passchendaele
• The Anabasis of Cyrus
• The Battle of Grunwald
• The Nika Revolt
• The Paraguayan War or the War of the Triple Alliance
• Aegospotami
• The Battle of Tanga
• The Battle of Karánsebes
The book also includes a short glossary of terms that may require explanation, although these are provided in a similar tone to the rest of the book.
Minor and major historical disasters retold with a moderate degree of accuracy and just a touch of malice.
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