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The World's Most Notorious Women: Secrets, Lies, Sex, Murders and Scandals
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- GenresBiographyTrue Crime
Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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November 13, 2012
This was better than the one about Notorious Men, that's for sure. Far fewer typos as well, so maybe a decent editor was finally found...?
But in all seriousness, this was an excellent book. If I had to make any complaint about it, it's the idea that the writer/editor had that basically the only thing that made women notorious was the amount of sex they had. Nothing wrong with salacious gossip by any means, but the fact remains that I could probably count on one hand the number of women in this book whose sex lives WEREN'T mentioned. Perhaps that's just the way the editor chose to define the word "notorious", but it was a little disappointing nonetheless.
But in all seriousness, this was an excellent book. If I had to make any complaint about it, it's the idea that the writer/editor had that basically the only thing that made women notorious was the amount of sex they had. Nothing wrong with salacious gossip by any means, but the fact remains that I could probably count on one hand the number of women in this book whose sex lives WEREN'T mentioned. Perhaps that's just the way the editor chose to define the word "notorious", but it was a little disappointing nonetheless.
December 5, 2017
Meh. I picked it up and read it, knowing that it would be a collection of short bursts of bio and info. I like those types of books a lot. They give me starting points on new things to learn about. However, this one is barely acceptable. It is not written particularly well and some of the info seems either out of date or hearsay; some is just plain contradictory! A number of the articles also read with a heavy bias.
February 18, 2013
A very interesting book. Very insightful and great if you like history. I'm not a big fan of history but I still learned a lot and enjoyed it.
January 13, 2020
I don't like books that don't include authors names or have bibliographies. Who can tell if this information is true?
April 29, 2014
This was a great book to keep for when I was on a journey as each Chapeter was about a different Woman. From Mae West to Divine Brown,it covers a variety of characters. Some very well known such as Cleoapatra,and others a bit more obscure but still cvery intriguing. I was lucky enough to pick up my Copy from a Charity Shop but I will now probbly purchase other titles in from the series.
An Ideal read for when you are in need of a quick fix!
An Ideal read for when you are in need of a quick fix!
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews