kings and rulers

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.

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

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

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

Discusses the reigns of the czars and czarinas who ruled Russia.

A young European who calls himself the Mughal of Love travels to the court of Emperor Akbar and tells a tale about a mysterious woman who possesses enchanting beauty and tries to control her destiny during the High Renaissance in Florence, where Niccolo Machiavelli learns about power.

Describes the life of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker who travelled to Afghanistan in the 1820s, became a surgeon for the Maharaja of Punjab although he had no medical training, assisted the exiled Afghan king, and was commander in chief of the Afghan armies.

Merlin discovers the orphaned Arthur, whom he guides through manhood, and Arthur learns the secret powers of the mysterious sword leading him to claim the throne of Britain.

Chronicles the personal lives of the four heirs of King Henry VIII, nine-year old Prince Edward; Lady Mary, the adult daughter of Henry's first wife; Lady Elizabeth, the teenaged daughter of Anne Boleyn; and Lady Jane Grey, the English king's great-niece--all of whom eventually took the throne if only for a brief time.