This book opens a series of books dedicated to crime - a companion of human civilization. You will see a whole gallery of criminals - murderers, robbers, swindlers, terrorists, conspirators, etc. - from hoary antiquity to the present. On its pages you will meet both Roman robbers, robber knights and the godfathers of the mafia. Acquaintance with some characters will surprise the reader, since the true face of Stepan Razin, the leaders of the Jacquerie and some others does not correspond to our ideas. Open this book and you will You won’t regret it, because nothing enriches a person as much as knowledge, especially knowledge based on historical truthfulness, and therefore in many ways unexpected and stunning. The publication is designed for the widest range of readers.