kings and rulers

Describes how Elizabeth I survived numerous plots and conspiracies to govern England which became a major world power under her.

A biography of Ivan IV, the Terrible, the first Russian ruler to use the title Czar and who ranks as an outstanding ruler though he committed great cruelties.

Presents the eventful life of the Scottish queen, proclaimed so at the age of one week, who married three times and was beheaded for plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Presents the life of the seventeenth-century French monarch known as the "Sun King.".

Tells the story of Henry VIII's rule and of his genius for the exercise of power.

A biography of the English Queen who united England following her accession in 1558.

A narrative portrait of Russia's bloodiest czar, driven mad with the delirium of his devine right to power.

Text and lavish photographs present the treasures of the Rurik and Romanov dynasties in Russia.

Presents the Spanish rulers Alfonso El Sabio, Isabella and Ferdinand, Charles V, Philip II, and Philip V, with lavish illustrations of art objects they owned or commissioned.