Assholes

Find out about the slyest, creepiest and nastiest specimens who've ever lived in this 'unique' potted history of the human race.

Enter Queen Ranavalona I who tried her subjects for their crimes by force-feeding them poisoned chicken skins, King Charles II's executioner who would only give you a clean beheading if you paid properly for it beforehand, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, the 19th-century scientist who was a mega asshole and if you buy the book you'll find out why.