kings and rulers

Traces the origins of the Authurian legend to the early 12th century and reconstructs their development.

A biography of the seventeenth and eighteenth century emperor of Russia who was crowned co-tsar at age ten.

Details the trial of Louis XVI, deposed in 1792, on charges of treason.

A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of a great enlightened monarch.

A biography of the military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and whose empire covered most of western and central Europe.

A biography of the tsar who began the transformation of Russia into a modern state in the late seventeenth-early eighteenth centuries.

Traces the life of the warrior king of Macedonia who conquered and unified the known world and even led his army into unexplored areas in his quest for new lands to conquer.

Follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Offers a comprehensive examination of the life of Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler, and the events that shaped his character. Also discusses the politics of Transylvania and the struggle between Europe and the Ottoman Empire.