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History's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf Hitler
History's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf HitlerHistory's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf HitlerHistory's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf Hitler

History's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf Hitler

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ImprintMetro Books
Copyright HolderQuercus Publishing Plc
PublisherBarnes & Noble, Inc.
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About/SubjectJezebel, Salome, Nebuchadnezzar II, Sargon of Akkad, Qin Shi Huangdi, Sulla, Crassus, Herod the Great, Livia Drusilla, Tiberius, Sejanus, Caligula, Elagabalus, Nero (2), Agrippina the Younger, Domitian, Commodus, Caracalla, Attila, Theodora, Wu Zetian, Jiang Qing, Justinian II, Pope John XII, Marozia, Basil II, Hassan-i Sabbāh, Godefroy de Bouillon, Andronikos I Komnenos, Simon de Montfort, Genghis Khan, King John, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Isabella of France, Peter of Castile, Timur, Antipope Clement VII, Richard II, Tomás de Torquemada, Vlad the Impaler, Richard III, Girolamo Savonarola, Grigori Rasputin, Selim I, Francisco Pizarro, Lope de Aguirre, Barbarossa, Lucrezia Borgia, Hernán Cortés, Henry VIII, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Catherine de' Medici, Mary I, Ivan the Terrible, Humphrey Gilbert, Sawney Bean, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Báthori Erzsébet, Carlo Gesualdo, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Aurangzeb, Titus Oates, Nader Shah, Maximilien Robespierre, Shaka, Jack the Ripper, William Walker (2), General Noriega, Francisco Solano López, Eliza Lynch, Empress Dowager Cixi, Leopold II, Jacob H. Smith, Lothar von Trotha, Dr Crippen, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Joseph Stalin, Talaat Pasha, Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Adolf Hitler, Ante Pavelić, Francisco Franco, Mao Zedong, Nikolai Yezhov, Marshal Choibalsan, Marcel Petiot, Al Capone, Lavrentiy Beria, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Höss, Adolf Eichmann, Reinhard Heydrich, Hastings Banda, François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, Enver Hoxha, Dr Josef Mengele, Kim Il Sung, Alfredo Stroessner, Rafael Trujillo, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Elena Ceaușescu, Francisco Macías Nguema, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Salvatore Riina, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Robert Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, Turkmenbashi, Slobodan Milošević, Pablo Escobar, Osama bin Laden, Gilles de Rais, Thag Buhram, Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
Copyright2008
This Edition Published2008
Pages / Font320 pages
ISBN 13978-1-4351-0937-7
ISBN 101-4351-0937-6
Printer's Key3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
Barcode9781435109377
EAN 551298
ChaptersBiographies (and boxed features) Introduction Jezebel 9th century BC (Salome) Nebuchadnezzar c. 630–562 BC (Sargon of Akkad: Mesopotamia's first great conqueror) Qin Shi Huangdi c. 259–210 BC (The Emperor's underground world) Sulla 138–78 BC (Tyrants and dictators) Crassus c. 115–53 BC (Crucifixion) Herod the Great 73–4 BC (The Herodian dynasty) Empress Livia 58 BC–AD 29 (Tiberius and Sejanus) Caligula AD 12–41 (Elagabalus) Nero AD 37–68 (Agrippina) Domitian AD 51–96 (The persecution of Christians) Commodus AD 161–92 (Gladiators) Caracalla AD 186–217 (The Barbarians) Attila the Hun 406–53 (Huns, Goths and Vandals) Empress Theodora 497–548 (The Nika riots) Empress Wu 625–705 (Madame Mao) Justinian II 669–711 (The sack of Constantinopole) Pope John XII c. 937–64 (Marozia, Jezebel of the papacy) Basil the Bulgar Slayer 957/8–1025 (Blinders and stranglers of Byzantium) Hassan-i-Sabbah, Sheikh of Alamut 1056–1124 (A brief history of hashish) Godfrey of Bouillon 1060–1100 (Brutish Crusaders) Andronikus I Komnenos c. 1118–85 (Phocas and Irene) Simon de Montfort 1160–1218 (Massacre at Montségur) Genghis Khan c. 1162–1227 (The composite bow) King John 1167–1216 (Strange royal deaths) Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 1287–1330 (Isabella, the She-Wolf of France) Pedro the Cruel 1334–69 (Royal epithets) Tamerlane 1336–1405 (Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great) (Anti- ) Pope Clement VII 1342–94 (Anti-popes and the female pope) Richard II 1367–1400 (The Peasants' Revolt) Gilles de Rais 1404–40 (Two modern serial killers) Tomás de Torquemada 1420–98 (The Spanish inquisition) Vlad the Impaler 1431–76 (Who was Dracula?) Richard III 1452–85 (Kings who died in battle) Girolamo Savonarola 1452–98 (Rasputin: the mad monk) Selim the Grim 1470–1520 (Bowstrings and golden cages) Francisco Pizarro c. 1475–1541 (Lope de Aguirre) Barbarossa c. 1478–1546 Silver Arm c. 1474–1518 (Privateers, pirates and women corsairs) Lucrezia Borgia 1480–1519 (Poison) Hernán Cortés 1485–1547 (Aztecs and Incas) Henry VIII 1491–1547 (Royal wife- & child-killers) The Duke of Alba 1507–82 (Catherine de' Medici) Bloody Mary 1516–58 (A heretic's death) Ivan the Terrible 1530–84 (The insane caliph) Humphrey Gilbert c. 1539–83 (The massacre at Drogheda) Sawney Beane 16th century (Jean-Bédel Bokassa) Countess Elizabeth Báthory 1560–1614 (History's most evil female serial killers) Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa 1566–1613 (Composer's Deaths) Albrecht von Wallenstein 1583–1634 (Mercenaries) Aurangzeb 1618–1707 (The Black Hole of Calcutta) Titus Oates 1649–1705 (Three notorius conspiracy theories) Nader Shah 1688–1747 (The Islamic Republic of Iran) Maximilien Robespierre 1758–94 (Torture and execution) Shaka 1787–1828 (The fall of the Zulu empire) Behram d. 1840 (The Dacoits) Jack the Ripper (Notorius serial killers) William Walker 1824–60 (General Noriega) Francisco López 1827–70 (Eliza Lynch) Empress Dowager Cixi 1835–1909 (The Boxer Rising) Leopold II 1835–1909 (Heart of Darkness) Jacob H. Smith 1840–1918 (The invention of the concentration camp) Lothar von Trotha 1848–1920 (Disappeared peoples) Dr Crippen 1862–1910 (DNA and the forensics of detection) Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 (Lenin's campaign against the Kulaks) Pancho Villa 1878–1923 (Zapata) Josef Stalin 1878–1953 (Bandit and lothario) Talat Pasha 1881–1922 (Genocide) Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 (The Abyssinian campaign) Hideki Tojo 1884–1948 (The Bataan Death March) Baron Ungern von Sternberg 1886–1921 Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 (The last days of Hitler) Ante Pavelić 1889–1959 (Quislings) Francisco Franco 1892–1975 (Spain's White and Red Terrors) Mao Zedong 1893–1976 (The Cultural Revolution) Nikolai Yezhov 1895–1940 (The life and loves of Stalin's 'bloody dwarf') Marshal Choibalsan 1895–1952 (The Burmese junta) Dr Marcel Petiot 1897–1946 (Psychological profiling of serial killers) Al Capone 1899–1953 (The Mafia in the USA) Lavrenti Beria 1899–1953 (The sex beast) Heinrich Himmler 1900–45 (The Wannsee Conference) Rudolf Hoess 1900–47 (The Nuremberg trials) Adolf Eichmann 1906–62 (Reinhard Heydrich) Dr Hastings Banda c. 1906–97 (Doc-tators and doc-terrorists) François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier 1907–71 (Voodoo) Enver Hoxha 1908–85 (The 'Little Stalins' of Eastern Europe) Dr Josef Mengele 1911–79 (ODESSA) Kim Il Sung 1912–94 (Hereditary dictators) Alfredo Stroessner 1912–2006 (Trujillo the goat) Nicolae Ceaușescu 1918–89 Elena Ceaușescu 1916–89 (The Macbeths) Francisco Marcías Nguema 1924–79 (The Dogs of War) Pol Pot 1925–98 (The Killing Fields) Idi Amin 1925–2003 (The Entebbe raid) Mobutu Sese Seko 1930–97 (Kleptocracies) Salvatore Riina 1930– (The Sicilian Mafia) Jim Jones 1931–78 (Seers and charlatans) Charles Manson 1934– (The dark side of the Summer of Love) Mengistu Haile Mariam 1937– (Robert Mugabe) Saddam Hussein 1937–2006 (The Iran–Iraq War) Turkmenbashi 1940–2006 (The follies of tyranny) Slobodan Milošević 1941–2006 (Hunting war criminals) Pablo Escobar 1949–93 (The Cali Cartel) Osama bin Laden 1957– (Suicide bombing) Index
NotesPrinted and bound in Thailand
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