An edition of Monsters
(2008)
Monsters
history's most evil men and women
Rev. pbk. ed.
by Simon Sebag-Montefiore
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"History's Monsters" presents, in chronological order, grimly fascinating profiles of 101 notorious and profoundly sinister individuals whose actions have one thing in common - they have had a baleful and blood-soaked impact on the annals of world history.
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Atrocities, Mass murder, History, Kings and rulers, Criminals, Miscellanea, Despotism, Biography, Good and evilShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Monsters: history's most evil men and women
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History's monsters: 101 villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf Hitler
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Jezebel 9th century BC
Nebuchadnezzar c.630-562 BC
Qin Shi Huangdi c.259-210 BC
Sulla 138-78 BC
Herod the Great 73-4 BC
Empress Livia 58 BC-AD 29
Caligula AD 12-41
Nero AD 37-68
Domitian AD 51-96
Commodus AD 161-92
Caracalla AD 186-217
Attila the Hun 406-53
Empress Theodora 497-548
Empress Wu 625-705
Justinian II 669-711
Pope John XII c.937-64
Basil the Bulgar Slayer 957/8-1025
Hassan-i-Sabbah, Sheikh of Alamut 1056-1124
Godfrey of Bouillon 1060-1100
Andronikus I Komnenos c.1118-85
Simon de Montfort 1160-1218
Genghis Khan c.1163-1227
King John 1167-1216
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 1287-1330
Pedro the Cruel 1334-69
Tamerlane 1336-1405
(Anti-) Pope Clement VII 1342-94
Richard II 1367-1400
Gilles de Rais 1404-40
Tomas de Torquemada 1420-98
Vlad the Impaler 1431-76
Richard III 1452-85
Girolamo Savonarola 1452-98
Selim the Grim 1470-1520
Francisco Pizarro c.1475-1541
Barbarossa c.1478-1546; Silver Arm c.1474-1518
Lucrezia Borgia 1480-1519
Hernan Cortes 1485-1547
Henry VIII 1491-1547
The Duke of Alba 1507-82
Bloody Mary 1516-58
Ivan the Terrible 1530-84
Humphrey Gilbert c.1539-83
Sawney Beane 16th century
Countess Elizabeth Bathory 1560-1614
Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venose 1566-1613
Albrecht von Wallenstein 1583-1634
Aurangzeb 1618-1707
Titus Oates 1649-1705
Nader Shah 1688-1747
Maximilien Robespierre 1758-94
Shaka 1787-1828
Behram d.1840
Jack the Ripper
William Walker 1824-60
Francisco Lopez 1827-70
Empress Dowager Cixi 1835-1908
Leopold II 1835-1909
Jacob H
Smith 1840-1918
Lothar von Trotha 1848-1920
Dr Crippen 1862-1910
Vladimir Lenin 1870-1924
Pancho Villa 1878-1923
Josef Stalin 1878-1953
Talat Pasha 1881-1922
Benito Mussolini 1883-1945
Hideki Tojo 1884-1948
Baron Ungern von Sternberg 1886-1921
Adolf Hitler 1889-1945
Ante Pavelic 1889-1959
Francisco Franco 1892-1975
Mao Zedong 1893-1976
Nikolai Yezhov 1895-1940
Marshal Choibalsan 1895-1952
Dr Marcel Petiot 1897-1946
Al Capone 1899-1947
Lavrenti Beria 1899-1953
Heinrich Himmler 1900-45
Rudolf Hoess 1900-47
Adolf Eichmann 1906-62
Dr Hastings Banda c.1906-97
Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier 1907-71
Enver Hoxha 1908-85
Dr Josef Mengele 1911-79
Kim Il Sung 1912-94
Alfredo Stroessner 1912-2006
Nicolae Ceausescu 1918-89; Elena Ceausescu 1916-89
Francisco Macias Nguema 1924-79
Pol Pot 1925-98
Idi Amin 1925-2003
Mobutu Sese Seko 1930-97
Salvatore Riina b.1930
Jim Jones 1931-78
Charles Manson b.1934
Mengistu Haile Mariam b.1937
Saddam Hussein 1937-2006
Turkmenbashi 1940-2006
Slobodan Milosevic 1941-2006
Pablo Escobar 1949-93
Osama bin Laden b.1957
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Previous edition: 2008.
Includes index.
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