Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Eccentricity of Tyrants

By Tom Ambrose

A penetrating and incisive study of the fanaticism and foibles of some of history's most illustrious namesFrom Assad to Nero, Gaddafi to Ivan The Terrible, this work attempts a thorough illumination of the minds of some of the most powerful people in history. While leaving some room to describe the amusing incidents and eccentricities associated with a host of men and women of power, it also reaches into the terrifying depths and depravities of minds that shaped the destinies of peoples and nations. Using a unique combination of history, politics, and psychology, this book fully describes how power not only corrupts but deranges.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Release date: Jan 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9780720618730

Tom Ambrose

TOM AMBROSE read history at Trinity College, Dublin, and gained a postgraduate degree at University College, London. He worked in advertising in London and Dublin before switching to producing and directing television documentaries. His first book Hitler's Loss: What Britain and America Gained from Europe s Cultural Exiles has been widely acclaimed.