kings and rulers

A biography of the man known as Ras Tafari, emperor of Ethiopia during a forty-four year period, who gave that country its first written constitution.

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

Collection of diaries and correspondence between the members of the Russian royal family and their closest friends, from the 1880s to the time of their deaths in 1918.

Describes the life, achievements, rise to power, and influences of the military leader who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established dominance over Europe.

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

The author presents a comprehensive study of the life, monarchy, and parentage of seventeenth-century French king Louis XIV and examines his power, character, and his relationships with women, the court, the church, and his subjects.

Chronicles the life of Henry VIII, king of England from 1509 to 1547, providing context on the Tudor world.

Presents an historical account of the famous Babylonian lawgiver, King Hammurabi, who ruled between 1792 and 1750 B.C. through ancient documents and writings and examines his administration, legal code, and conquests.

Measures the strategic aims of Emperor Charles V's personal campaigns during the sixteenth century and examines who and what financed them.

Describes the House of Suffolk and its relationship to the House of Tudor examining the historical perspective.