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Subtitled, "History's Most Evil Men & Women". Fascinating profiles of 101 notorious and sinister individuals, including Caligula, Pol Pot, Al Capone, Ivan the Terrible, Josef Mengele, Richard III, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic. 200 colour illustrations.
Synopsis
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 history.