Did an American president really sleep with film star Marilyn Monroe? What were the real facts of Watergate? How was the former FIFA president involved in bribery allegations? This book lifts the lid on scandals that have rocked the world. From the sexual peccadillos of America's Founding Fathers to the illegal data harvesting of Cambridge Analytica, The World's Worst Scandals examines shocking events from across history. Find out about the politicians, Hollywood celebrities, and corporate moguls who abused their power and didn't get away with it.

Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at royal scandles. Other titles available include The World's Greatest Blunders and The World's Greatest Cults.

Move over, Benedict Arnold . . . Oh to be sure, America's first traitor is one of the 101 bastards you will find in this one-of-a-kind account of bad guys in Washington. But compared to some of the gross misconduct in this frighteningly funny history book, well, let's just say he's in good company. This page-turner of a potboiler reveals all the dirtiest little secrets readers never learned in history class. From illegitimate children (we thought Grover Cleveland was too boring to have sex) and illicit trysts (Warren G. Harding in the White House phone booth with his secretary) to turncoats (make up your own mind about Daniel Ellsberg) and traitors (General Wilkinson, aka a Spanish secret agent), you will discover all the dirt worth dishing since the founding of Jamestown. The Book of Bastards - because what you don't know about the history of our great nation can make you laugh and cry!

Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at scandals.

Ed Wright presents some of the most respected members of society, politics, business, sports and the arts in a new and disturbing light to reveal the dark side of driven personalities. The narratives reveal clandestine affairs, underhand political dealings, blatant criminal activity, and other dramatic episodes.

From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.

Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at scandals through the 20th Century.

In this fascinating look at the low side of high finance, Sam Jaffa, author of the best-selling Maxwell Stories, uncovers the wheeler-dealers, the schemers and the scoundrels behind the greatest financial scares throughout history. What were the forces that drove Robert Maxwell, said to be the tenth richest person in Britain when his empire collapsed, to purloin vast sums from his company pension funds? What method did Swedish "Match King' Ivar Kreuger use to build up his real and bogus companies? Are human greed, vanity and a craving for power the only motivating factors in these cases? From the world's first notable financial debacle, the South Sea Bubble scandal of the seventeenth century, through to the Boesky, Guniness, BCCI, Barings and New Era scandals of more recent times, Sam Jaffe weaves a rich and startling web of the deceitful depths to which men and woman will sink in search of fast -- and big -- bucks.

What happens when your favourite star suddenly becomes famous for all the wrong reasons? Sex is big news. It's even bigger when it involves a scandal and someone who is well known and in the public eye. Over the years we have been treated to some truly eye-watering stories about people who we have looked up to, admired and adored, just to have our image of them shattered forever by some lurid details of behaviour that is far beneath what is expected. In this book, The Biggest Sex Scandals that Shook the World, we examine some of the principal names in sport, politics, religion and the movie industry, what they did and why it shocked us so badly, including well known individuals like: Tiger Woods Bill Cosby Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Heidi Klum Kris Jenner John Terry Mike Tyson And many more... The world of fame and scandal is often closely linked and in each of these stories, selected at the author's own discretion, you will find intrigue like never before, with some of the world's best-known celebrities and stars. It is a mind boggling look into the lives behind the fame and how easy it is for a star to crash to earth in a blaze of unwanted publicity!