A Wicked History

- Opening quote by or about the featured villain/villainess - Historical map, annotated with key locations from person`s life - A Wicked Web featuring allies and enemies - Historical photos and etchings - Boxes with additional information - Photo documentaries: six to eight pages of photos and captions telling the person`s life - Timeline, glossary, additional sources - Engaging narrative nonfiction written at a very accessible reading level

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

Genghis Khan set out to conquer the world with an army rumored to be the fastest on earth. But the Mongol warlord didn`t need rumors to make his enemies fear him. His campaign of terror left thousands dead and cities in ruins, from East Asia to Eastern Europe, for anyone who survived to see

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

Grigory Rasputin was a poor peasant from Siberia who claimed he could heal the sick and predict the future. Some people worshipped him. Others wanted him dead. No wonder the story of his life and death is stranger than fiction

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

From Vlad the Impaler to Attila the Hun - the most heinous moments in history are exposed in these highly illustrated biographies of the most villainous tyrants who have walked the earth.

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

- Opening quote by or about the featured villain/villainess - Historical map, annotated with key locations from person`s life - A Wicked Web featuring allies and enemies - Historical photos and etchings - Boxes with additional information - Photo documentaries: six to eight pages of photos and captions telling the person`s life - Timeline, glossary, additional sources - Engaging narrative nonfiction written at a very accessible reading level

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

What sight sent shivers down the spines of 16th-century Spanish sailors? The masts of any ship belonging to Sir Francis Drake the slave trader, pirate, and looter known as "The Dragon," who prowled the seas from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

From Vlad the Impaler to Attila the Hun - the most heinous moments in history are exposed in these highly illustrated biographies of the most villainous tyrants who have walked the earth.

Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012