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Provides a look at how Napoleon Bonaparte's egotism, unrealistic dreams, and tendency to underestimate enemies led to the downfall of his Grand Arm?ee during the Napoleonic Wars.

Presents a biography of French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte, with maps, illustrations, primary source documents, a timeline, and a glossary.

Chronicles Napoleon's path to power in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century France, discusses his ambition to conquer Europe, shares details of his personal life and military and political prowess, and includes a look at conditions in Imperial France, with excerpts from letters, diaries, and newspapers.

A biography concentrating on the childhood of the queen who, during her forty-five-year reign, changed England from a minor country into a world power.

Portrays the enigmatic character and incredible career of Napoleon Bonaparte, and describes the world he helped to fashion in the course of his ambitions.

After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.

In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.

A biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established a vast European empire.

A biography of the pharaoh Ahmose, first pharaoh of Egypt's eighteenth dynasty and also the first pharaoh of the New Kingdom.

Primary sources describe the history of the Louisiana Purchase, from Jefferson's dream of expansion and his negotiations with Napoleon for the land to the exploration of the new territory by Lewis and Clark.