or who don't finish books due to a busy schedule. The people in this book are sick, sadistic people. It's unbelievable the atrocities that they were able to get away with. My favorite (strange choice of words) is Vlad the Impaler, whom the character Dracula is based upon. You don't even want to know what is involved in impaling people (of course you do, just like slowing down to see the trafiic accident). The best part is that each story can be read and finished in 20 mintes...before bed, on a train, etc. Which is great because it seems that every history book is 400 pages long. After reading some of these stories, I have selectivley bought more detailed books about the era in which the people lived.