576 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 23 cm large print
Contents:
Ancient murderers: Attila the Hun ; Genghis Khan ; Caligula ; Vlad the Impaler ; Gilles de Rais ; Marquis de Sade Female fiends: Countess Bathory ; Lucretia Borgia ; Belle Gunness ; Nanny Doss ; Phoolan Devi ; Maria Licciardi Organised crime: Mafia ; Triads ; Lucky Luciano ; Al Capone ; Arnold Rothstein ; Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegal ; Dutch Schultz ; Micky Cohen ; John Gotti ; Krays ; Blood brothers ; Medellin Cartel Spies and double agents: Mata Hari ; Aldrich Ames ; Klaus Fuchs ; Cambridge spies ; "Falcon" and "Snowman" Murderers, outlaws and thieves: Jack Sheppard ; Machine Gun Kelly ; Bonnie and Clyde ; Pretty Boy Floyd ; Ned Kelly ; Charles Manson Terrorists: Abu Nidal ; Baader-Meinhof Gang ; Osama Bin Laden ; Carlos the Jackal Oklahoma bomber Unabomber ; Abimael Guzman Swindlers and forgers: Victor Lustig ; Elmyr de Hory ; Frank Abalagne, Jnr ; Han Van Meegeren ; Clifford Irving ; Joyti De-Laurey ; Martin Frankel ; Nick Leeson Bank robbers: Burch Cassidy ; Dillinger ; Willie "The Actor" Sutton ; Great Train Robbery ; Mesrine ; Anthony Pino Fictional masterminds: Blofeld (James Bond) ; Raffles ; Moriarty ; Fantomas ; Hannibal Lecter ; Don Vito Corleone ; Fu Manchu