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CONTENTS

Welcome to All About History

44 THE TURBULENT REIGN OF

Find out about the foreign invasion forces, internal
rebellions and religious battles that Elizabeth I defeated to 44
usher in a golden age for her country
CRIME

12 Since the earliest days of mankind,
antisocial behaviour has existed
14 Hall of fame
Meet some of history’s most
notorious criminals
16 Crime throughout
the ages
Take a trip through the history of
crime and see how it has evolved

18 Inside history
Find out how Antwerp Diamond
robbers circumvented security to
make off with $100m
20 Anatomy of…
A Victorian policeman
22 How to...
Rob a train in the Wild West
24 Day in the life
Of a prison guard on ‘the Rock’,
more formally known as Alcatraz 86
26 Top 5 facts
Dick Turpin; highwayman, petty
robber and source of myths
FEATURES

56 Hitler’s 70 Hoover’s war
astronauts on crime
The Führer’s plan for Hoover’s battle against those who
space domination threatened his American dream
64 Wrath of 78 Narrowest escapes
the Khans Read 10 of the past’s closest shaves
How Kublai Khan expended
his Mongolian Empire through 86 Witch-hunting 70
diplomacy and the sword The truth behind witch-hunting
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