Infamy

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Ephyia Publishing, 2026

9798256032289

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Infamy invites readers on a sweeping tour of history's most notorious figures, from ancient traitors like Judas Iscariot to modern legends such as Al Capone, revealing how each was judged, condemned, and remembered by their societies. Through meticulously researched chapters, the book examines the motives behind betrayal, the clash of radical ideas with entrenched power, and the cruel machinery of mass hysteria that turned scholars, mystics, and rulers into cautionary tales. Readers will walk the corridors of power with Borgia popes, feel the chill of Vlad the Impaler's impaled forests, and stand beside Joan of Arc as she faces the flames, gaining insight into the personal ambitions, political pressures, and cultural forces that forged their infamous legacies.Beyond simple storytelling, the work encourages a critical look at how reputations are constructed and deconstructed over time. It shows how a single phrase-'Let them eat cake'-can become a potent symbol of royal arrogance, how a rumor can ignite a witch hunt, and how scientific visionaries like Galileo and Giordano Bruno were silenced for challenging cosmological orthodoxy. By presenting evidence, accusations, and defenses side by side, the book lets readers weigh the facts themselves, probing the thin line between villain and victim, heretic and hero.The narrative also explores the broader social mechanisms that produce infamy: the scapegoating of outsiders, the use of exile and ostracism as political tools, and the way societies craft myths to explain disaster or legitimize new orders. From the Athenian practice of ostrakismos to the Soviet Gulag, from the Salem trials to the digital age of viral shaming, readers will see recurring patterns of fear, prejudice, and the desire for a clear narrative of good versus evil that echo across centuries.Ultimately, Infamy offers more than a catalog of condemned souls; it provides a lens through which to examine our own judgments, biases, and the stories we tell about justice and morality. Readers will finish with a deeper appreciation of how history is continually rewritten, how the infamous can become symbols of resistance or enlightenment, and why the question of what makes a person infamous remains as relevant today as it was in the courts of ancient Rome or the halls of revolutionary France.…

Codice articolo 9798256032289

Titolo
Infamy
Autore
Raymond Maxwell
Editore
Ephyia Publishing
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Taschenbuch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798256032289
Peso dell'articolo
184 grammi
Dimensioni
229x152x7 mm

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