Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ben Thompson
SeriesBadass Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreHumour
ISBN/Barcode 9780062112347
ClassificationsDewey:920.02
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication Date 28 March 2013
Publication Country United States

Description

From the Ben Thompson, author of Badass: The Birth of a Legend, comes a collection of history's most awe-inspiring duels and showdowns, brutal crusades and epic brawls, and profiles of the fascinating people who fought in them. From Caliphs to Green Berets, some of civilization's toughest warriors are profiled in Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch, including Cyrus the Great, St. Moses the Black, and The Rani of Jhansi, as well as in-depth analyses of how they battled their way to victory. Featuring original artworks by top graphic artists and comic book illustrators, and Ben Thompson's signature wry, side-splitting commentary, Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch is the history of badasses, the only way it should be written: covered in blood!

Author Biography

Ben Thompson made his first (and only) appearance as a stand-up comedian in the winter of 1986-7, reading a photocopied Ronnie Corbett monologue to an unreceptive student audience. He has subsequently written for The Face, GQ, The Independent, Mojo, NME, New Statesman & Society, Sight & Sound and the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, and (as comedy critic of The Independent On Sunday, from 1994-7) politely declined annual invitations to join the Perrier Award judging panel.