Twenty thousand little children die of asphyxiation within the dark tubes of London's chimneys. English contractors used chimney sweeps as slaves.

King Louis XIII orders all brothels in the French territories to be housed next to churches, so that clients can go in from one door straight to the other to receive absolution for their sins.

For centuries, the Turkish sultans, as soon as they ascend to the throne, legally slaughter all their brothers together to avoid any threat to their power, and then hold grand funerals for them, mourning their terrible loss.

Another series of incredible droplets, chosen from the ocean of madness known as Greek and world history.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]