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""I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me.""- Genghis KhanA spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings.From Atilla the Hun, who killed his own brother to rule the Hun Empire, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake.Includes:• Herod the Great, King of Judaea • Pheidon of Argos, Tyrant of Athens • Richard III, King of England • Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia • Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France • Josef Stalin, Leader of the USSR • Fidel Castro, President of Cuba Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.

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Author:   Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Arcturus
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781398839939

ISBN 10:   1398839930
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 September 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction THE ANCIENT WORLD Akhenaton, Pharaoh of Egypt Sennacherib, King of Assyria Pheidon of Argos, Tyrant of Athens Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia Emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, Emperor of China Herod the Great, King of Judaea Augustus, First Emperor of Rome Caligula, Emperor of Rome Agrippina, 'Empress' of Rome Nero, Emperor of Rome Domitian, Emperor of Rome Attila the Hun, King of the Huns Fredegund, Queen of the Franks THE MIDDLE AGES Wu Zetian, Empress of China Harun-al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad Genghis Khan, Ruler of the Mongols King John, King of England Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile Tamerlane, Ruler of Samarkand Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan Tomas de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of Spain Vlad the Impaler, Count of Wallachia Richard III, King of England Cesare Borgia, Cardinal of Rome Francisco Pizarro, Conqueror of the Incas Herna´n Corte´s, Destroyer of the Aztecs Henry VIII, King of England Mary I, Queen of England Catherine de'Medici, Regent of Franc Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ruler of Japan Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia Elizabeth Bathory, Countess of Transylvania Charles I, King of England Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia Nadir Shah, Shah of Persia THE NAPOLEONIC ERA Catherine the Great, Tsarina of Russia George III, King of England Tippu Sultan, Sultan of Mysore Louis XVI, King of France Paul I, Tsar of Russia Maximilien Robespierre, Revolutionary French Leader Dr Jose´ Gaspar Rodri´guez Francia, Dictator of Paraguay Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France Agusti´n de Iturbide, Dictator of Mexico Shaka, Chief of the Zulu Juan Manuel de Rosas, Dictator of the Argentine Confederation Hung Hsiu-ch'uan, Warlord of China Francisco Solano Lo´pez, Dictator of Paraguay Antonio Guzma´n Blanco, President of Venezuela Leopold II, King of Belgium Mwanga, Kabaka of Buganda THE MODERN WORLD Porfirio Di´az, Dictator of Mexico Tzu-hsi, Dowager Empress of China Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Leader of the USSR The Three Pashas, Rulers of the Ottoman Empire Syngman Rhee, President of Korea Juan Pero´n, President of Argentina Josef Stalin, Leader of the USSR Benito Mussolini, Dictator of Italy Adolf Hitler, Fu¨hrer of Germany Anto´nio de Oliveira Salazar, Ruler of Portuga Rafael Trujillo, Dictator of the Dominican Republic Francisco Franco, Dictator of Spain Ayatollah Khomeini, Ruler of Iran Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, Dictator of Cuba Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam Sukarno, President of Indonesia Franc¸ois Duvalier ('Papa Doc'), President of Haiti Enver Hoxha, Leader of Albania Alfredo Stroessner, Dictator of Paragua Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines Nicolae Ceausescu, Dictator of Romania Jean Bedel Bokassa, President, Central African Republic Idi Amin, President of Uganda Francisco Maci´as Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe Fidel Castro, President of Cuba Efrain Ri´os Montt, Dictator of Guatemala Pol Pot, Leader of Cambodia Mobutu Sese Seko, Dictator of the Congo Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ruler of Ethiopia Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia Muammar al-Gaddafi, President of Libya Hissen Habre´, Dictator of Chad Sani Abacha, Dictator of Nigeria Omar al-Bashir, Dictator of Sudan Samuel Doe, Dictator of Liberia Charles Taylor, President of Liberia

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Nigel Cawthorne studied at University College, London, where he gained an Honours degree in Physics, before turning to writing as a career. He has written, contributed to and edited more than 100 books, including Fighting Them On The Beaches: D-Day, 6 June 1944, The Battle of Britain, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Stalin, and The Story of the SS. His work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Sun to the Financial Times.

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