This book has been reviewed several times for the Cannonball Read and that is how it ended up on my radar at all (which is how oh so many books end up in front of me). I am a history nerd so a rundown of thirteen historical relationships that did not end well sounded great to me. I have to tell you, I slammed through this book in two sittings. Quick review: a witty, friendly, informally written but well informed gathering of information that you […]
And they did NOT live happily ever after
I had no clue who Jennifer Wright is (according to her author’s page she is a contributor at The New York Observer and the New York Post) prior to picking up It Ended Badly but I am a fan! She has collected 13 of the worst break ups in history ranging from the well known- Henry VIII – to the relatively unknown- Timothy Dexter. The primary takeaway I got while reading this was that it sucked to be miserable in your marriage in Victorian England. […]