Sebag Montefiore, Simon

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The world

a family history of humanity
2023
""Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people who held unfathomable power. He trains his eye on founders of humble origin, like Sargon, the Mesopotamian cupbearer sent to help defeat a rival who returned with an army to dethrone his own king, and Liu Bang, a peasant who became a rebel leader and founded the Han dynasty. Montefiore illuminates the achievements of fearsome emperors, including Yax Ehb Xook, whose Mayan city-state Tikal boasts some of the most monumental ancient architecture that exists today; Jayavarman II, who proclaimed himself 'universal king' and whose Khmer empire in South Asia heralded a thousand years of Indic ascendancy; and Ewuare, the African emperor who built a capital city that rivaled any in Europe. He writes, too, about remarkable women rulers, like Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh, and Maria Theresa, the only woman to rule the Habsburg empire. These families represent the breadth of human endeavor, with bloody civil wars, treacherous conspiracies, and shocking megalomania alongside flourishing culture, moving romances, and enlightened benevolencer"--Provided by publisher.
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Speeches that changed the world

the stories and transcripts of the moments that made history
2007
Famous speeches from Jesus of Nazareth, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchhill, Frankline D. Roosevelt, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Golda Meir, Richard Nixon, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and many more.

Jerusalem

the biography
2011
Chronicles the history of Jerusalem from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict discussing the many conflicts, faiths, and people that are part of the city's history.

Young Stalin

2008
A comprehensive biography of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that describes his impoverished childhood, abusive father, and transformation into one of the world's most powerful and merciless leader.
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