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Female Caligula: Ranavalona, the Mad Queen of Madagascar

Author Keith Laidler
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Author(s)Keith Laidler
ISBN / ASIN047002223X
ISBN-139780470022238
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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Female Caligula Ounce for ounce as insane as her Roman counterpart, Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar surpassed Caligula's legendary cruelty a million times over. Beginning in 1828, her 35-year reign was measured in bodies: a million of her own subjects were ritually executed; ten thousand slaves perished in a week. Full description