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Dictators' Homes: Lifestyles Of The World's Most Colourful Despots by Peter York

harvio's review

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4.0

- from the jacket: "Running with the idea that homes are where we are truly ourselves, Dictator Style examines the frightening decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming despots - and proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes."
- P.J. O'Rourke once wrote: "Saddam's chandelier was the size of a two-car garage. If a reason to invade Iraq was wanted - felony decorating would have done."
- all your favourite dictators are here: Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Tito, Mussolini, Mobutu, Idi Amin, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Hussein, Milosevic, etc.

innerweststreetlibrarian's review

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Money and power can't buy you taste.
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