Wicked history
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Robespierre: master of the guillotine
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Tomas de Torquemada: architect of torture during the Spanish Inquisition
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2009.
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English
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He was loved by British Revolutionary War loyalists and hated by American patriots. What made King George III so mad? Hoping to restore glory to the British crown, he instead plunged two countries into a seven-year bloodbath and died plagued by insanity and failure.
14) Adolf Hitler
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[2010]
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English
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Describes Adolph Hitler's rise to power, his destruction of democracy in Germany, and the cold-blooded murder of more than eleven million people, including six million Jews.
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English
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An engaging narrative about Alexander the Great who became king of Macedonia at age 20; commanded the best-trained fighting force in the ancient world; and carved a 12,000 mile-path across Asia, defeating princes, satraps, and kings to become a legend in his own time.