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A fictionalized account of the life of Josephine Bonaparte that examines her childhood on the Caribbean island of Martinique, marriage to a young French aristocrat, relationships with some of France's most powerful political figures, affair and marriage to Napoleon, and other related topics.

The memoirs of a literary mouse living at the court of Elizabeth I reveal the public and private life of the Queen and her courtiers.

Examines the contradictory life of Peter the Great who brought modernization to Russia while, at the same time, inflicting decades of war on his people.

During her 44 years on the throne of England she made herself into the living symbol of her nation. Her reign is remembered as an era of victory, culture and discovery.

Follows Napoleon Bonaparte from his origins as a lowly soldier to his rise to military power and his conquest of Europe.

Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid-sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.

A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, providing insight into the childhood events that shaped the woman she became, examining the conflicts and triumphs of her forty-five-year reign from 1558 to 1603, and discussing aspects of her personal life.