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Michael Farquhar

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Michael Farquhar is a writer and editor at the Washington Post specializing in history. He is the author of the bestsellers A Treasury of Great American Scandals and A Treasury of Royal Scandals. He appeared on the History Channel’s Russia, Land of the Tsars and will be featured on a forthcoming program about the French Revolution.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 2,570 ratings · 363 reviews · 11 distinct works

	A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors 3.83 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Treasury of Great American Scandals 3.58 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain 3.41 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's 3.56 avg rating — 229 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History 3.46 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and others who let Freedom Swing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	A Treasury of Deception: Liars, misleaders, hoodwinkers, and The Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Treasury of Great American Scandals 12-Copy Prepack 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Treasury of Deception 12-Copy Prepack 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking Trued Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes and Emperors 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Which book would you like to read for our October 15 - November 15 European Royalty group read?

A Treasury of Royal Scandals The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar

12 votes, 38.7%

The Borgia Bride A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis

8 votes, 25.8%

Christina, Queen of Sweden The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley

8 votes, 25.8%

The Royal Physician's Visit A Novel by Per Olov Enquist

3 votes, 9.7%

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