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King Arthur

how history is invented
2001
Examines both the legends and the facts surrounding the literary and historical figure of Britain's King Arthur.

Her majesty

Queen Elizabeth II and her court
2012
Celebrates the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee with the inside story of England's longest-reigning queen and her achievements.

Cleopatra the Great

the woman behind the legend
2008
Retells the life of Cleopatra, from her first meeting with Julius Caesar to her death by snakebite, focusing on dispelling the legends built up throughout history about the ruler.

Alexander the Great

lessons from history's undefeated general
2010

The fall of the Romanovs

political dreams and personal struggles in a time of revolution
1995
A history of the arrest, captivity, and death of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, based on documents from the recently opened Russian archives and from Western collections.

African kings

2000
Presents color photos and brief biographical profiles of more than sixty African tribal kings, also describing their tribes' rituals and histories.

Macbeth

1982
Shakespeare's tragedy of prophecy and royal murder in medieval Scotland presented scene by scene in comic book format.

Kublai Khan

1990
A biography of the founder of the Mongol Dynasty in China.

Czars

Russia's rulers for more than one thousand years
1995
Discusses the reigns of the czars and czarinas who ruled Russia.

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