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A biography of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, who lived during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and struggled to bring Russia out of its medievalism.

A biography of Mary Tudor, sixteenthcentury Queen of England, whose life and reign were marred by religious divisions within the nation.

Presents a comprehensive biography on the life and military experiences of Napoleon Bonaparte and chronicles his childhood, motivation, accomplishments, as well as his impact on history.

Authors examine manic depression as one of the key factors in a political pathology such as tyranny.

Presents a short study of how the United States came to acquire the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

When the members of Queen Mary's court are killed, the queen's half sister, Princess Elizabeth, is called on to find the killer before he takes his final victim.