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A Dark History Series

This series delves into the darker, often overlooked chapters of history, uncovering unsettling narratives and lesser-known events. It explores the shadowy aspects of human nature and societal failings that led to tragedy and conflict. Readers will find compelling accounts that shed light on the more somber, yet crucial, elements of the past. It's a captivating exploration of history that refuses to shy away from its most disturbing facets.

Dark History of the Roman Emperors
Dark History of the Popes
Kings and Queens of Europe
American Presidents
  • From the Tudors to the Habsburgs to the Windsors, from Vlad the Impaler to Princess Diana, Kings and Queens of Europe is illustrated throughout with 400 colour and black-and-white photographs, genealogies and artworks, and offers a lively, highly varied portrait of European monarchy.

    Kings and Queens of Europe
    3.7
  • From the string of popes who were poisoned, deposed and mutilated by rivals for the papacy in the early middle ages, to the controversial neutrality of Pope Pius XII during WW II, this history reveals many of the scandals and secrets of the pontiffs.

    Dark History of the Popes
    3.5