Captivating history

"While the French Revolution was certainly centered around two lavish monarchs and an enlightened common class, there was so much more going on behind the scenes. Even after the abolition of the French monarchy, France struggled to find a balance between public self-governance and European stability. A fragile government, merely a shell of its former self following the Reign of Terror under Robespierre, was no match for the military and political prowess of Napoleon I"--Back cover.

"Five Tudor monarchs sat on the throne of England and Ireland from 1485 to 1603. The family earned their royal rights through strategic planning and battlefield prowess, and kept them because of intellect, strength and sheer determination. The Tudors, one of England's most powerful and famous royal dynasties, knitted together a fragmented and small island nation that became one of the world's financial, colonial and technological superpowers"--Back cover.

A brief introduction to the trade route known as The Silk Road, which would connect the East and the West, discussing when it began to be used, who named it and more.

Native American history: A history of the Native American people including theories of the arrival of the first Native Americans; information on the various tribes; profiles of famous native Americans including Hiawatha, Sacagawea, and Pochahontas; the truth about the first Thanksgiving and more.

Provides a history of Armenia, discussing its leaders, wars, economics and more.

A brief history of the Russian Romanov family, looking at how this family was able to turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire, only to eventually lose it all, while looking at the tsars and tsarnias, some who were touched by genius and some by madness.