History's Last Stand: The Last Gasps, Fatal Falls and Final Gambles of Heroes, Despots and Civilizations

By Gerard Del Re

For the readers who enjoyed Don't Know Much About History and Famous Last Words, here's a browsable, breezy look at famous "lasts" in history--from the Last Supper to the last days of the Berlin Wall,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380769158
• ISBN13: 9780380769155
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A nice collection of the "Lasts" of History

Wow! That last reviewer must have woke up on the wrong side of the alley! Using a clever format, "History's Last Stand" takes up a couple hundred of History's grand finales. Anecdotes -- both serious and irreverent -- include such events as Marie Antoinette on the way to the guillotine, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, General 'Chinese' Gordon's fall at Khartoum, and D.B. Cooper's jump from a Boeing 727. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.Wayne GralianWayne's World of Books / Krakow RPGs