Historical Heartthrobs : 50 Timeless Crushes — From Cleopatra to Camus

History is about much more than dusty books, dreary dates, and long-forgotten battles. History is also about sex appeal! __Historical Heartthrobs__ compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Consider George Sand, for instance. She was the hottest thing in pants in nineteenth-century France, but would you really want to put up with all that smoking? Or what about Nikola Tesla? His utter brilliance made Victorians swoon, but he seemed incapable of swooning back. Would you endure his indifference in return for that incredible smile? Each entry in __Historical Heartthrobs__ includes a full-page photo, contemporary quotes, and an in-depth explanation of who these people were, why they mattered, and how they managed to be so seductive. Entries also include:Vital stats about the hottie's place of birth, lifespan, and major areas of influence.... History is about much more than dusty books, dreary dates, and long-forgotten battles. History is also about sex appeal! Historical Heartthrobs compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Consider George Sand, for instance. She was the hottest thing in pants in nineteenth-century France, but would you really want to put up with all that smoking? Or what about Nikola Tesla? His utter brilliance made Victorians swoon, but he seemed incapable of swooning back. Would you endure his indifference in return for that incredible smile? Each entry in Historical Heartthrobs includes a full-page photo, contemporary quotes, and an in-depth explanation of who these people were, why they mattered, and how they managed to be so seductive. Entries also include: Vital stats about the hottie's place of birth, lifespan, and major areas of influence.... Cleopatra Benjamin Franklin Marie Antoinette Lord Byron George Sand Harriet Beecher Stowe Ada Lovelace Frederick Douglass Wild Bill Hickok John Wilkes Booth Nikola Tesla Teddy Roosevelt Annie Oakley Nellie Bly W.E.B. DuBois Czarina Alexandra Harry Houdini Mata Hari Isadora Duncan Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Pablo Picasso Coco Chanel T.E. Lawrence Jim Thorpe Duke Kahanamoku Bessie Coleman Dorothy Parker Amelia Earhart Ernest Hemingway Leni Riefenstahl Salvador Dalí Bugsy Siegel Josephine Baker Frida Kahlo Carmen Miranda Albert Camus Eddie Chapman Maya Deren Eva Perón Helen Gurley Brown Fidel Castro Cesar Chávez Che Guevara Sylvia Plath Gloria Steinem Jane Goodall Roberto Clemente Bruce Lee Huey P. Newton Benazir Bhutto. This book compiles photos and life stories of fifty of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Some are artists, some are scientists, and many are political or military leaders, but all have had a lasting impact on human life—and a sizable impact on their admirers as well. Each entry describes the period in which the heartthrob lived and includes essential stats, hilarious sidebars, and, of course, a'crushability'ranking: a measurement of how crush-worthy these people really are, based on their relative levels of heroism (or villainy). This book compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Some are artists, some are scientists, and many are political or military leaders, but all have had a lasting impact on human lifeand a sizable impact on their admirers as well. Each entry describes the period in which the heartthrob lived and includes essential stats, hilarious sidebars, and, of course, a crushability ranking: a measurement of how crush-worthy these people really are, based on their relative levels of heroism (or villainy). "Compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them?"--dust jacket.