Twisted history : 32 true stories of torture, traitors, sadists and psychos... plus the most celebrated Saints in history /
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[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Physical details: 173 pages : illustrations, (some color) ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Murderers. | Torture --History. | Saints --History. | Psychopaths.
Item type :
01. English Non Fiction
| Location | Call Number | Status | Date Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morell Regional High School | 364.9 WAT | Available |
Includes index.
Twisted History brings to life the stories of 32 historical figures -- murderers, assassins and traitors who embraced the dark side, and martyrs and innocents who paid with their lives in the pursuit of good, all of whom changed world history.
Treachery & torture. Brutus ; William Wallace ; Gilles de Rais ; Vlad the Impaler ; Richard III ; Guy Fawkes ; Benedict Arnold ; Adolf Eichmann ; Pierre Laval ; Lavrentiy Beria -- Saints & sinners. Judas Iscariot ; Nero ; Joan of Arc ; Tomás de Torquemada ; Thomas More ; René Goupil ; Rasputin ; Adolf Hitler ; Mahatma Gandhi ; Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Bernie Madoff -- Murder & mayhem. Blackbeard ; Dick Turpin ; Thug Behram ; John Wilkes Booth ; Billy the Kid ; Jack the Ripper ; H.H. Holmes ; Al Capone ; Kazuo Taoka ; Joseph Stalin ; Lee Harvey Oswald.