No, this is not about voluptious women in history, but more about commanders and rulers who have been pionneers and have pushed the realms of stupitidy even further than thought possible. I am reading Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser and General Elphinstone, commander of the British expeditionnary force in Afghanistan, seems to be one of the worst commanders in history. A bed-ridden old woman would have been better suited to commanding an army than he did.