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From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. Presenting a compelling chronology of the moments in history when the principles of government and law were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious and unscrupulous, "The Tyrants" recounts the story of each dictator individually. From irresistible rise to inevitable fall, it describes how these men and women - as often outcasts or outsiders as kings or queens - were able to manipulate the political climate of their states to seize absolute power and examines the destruction and suffering they invariably left in their wake.
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From Caesar and Nero to Stalin and Hitler, and from Genghis
Khan and Vlad the Impaler to Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein, here are 50
chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule has left an
indelible, usually bloody mark on the history of the world.
A compelling chronology of the moments when the principles of government
were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious, The Tyrants recounts the
stories of the unscrupulous rulers who scarred their own countries and
people. Professor Clive Foss describes how each of these men and women - as
often commoners or outcasts as kings or queens - were able to seize and
then wield absolute power, and details the catastrophic destruction and
mass suffering they left in their wake.
The Tyrants includes profiles of Julius Caesar, Herod, Nero, King John,
Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Vlad the Impaler, Cesare Borgia, Ivan the
Terrible, Bloody Mary, Napoleon, Shaka Zulu, Lenin, Mussolini, Stalin,
Hitler, Kim Il Sung, Juan Peron, Mao Zedong, Papa Doc Duvalier, Colonel
Qaddafi, Idi Amin, Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein.
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From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. Presenting a compelling chronology of the moments in history when the principles of government and law were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious and unscrupulous, "The Tyrants" recounts the story of each dictator individually. From irresistible rise to inevitable fall, it describes how these men and women - as often outcasts or outsiders as kings or queens - were able to manipulate the political climate of their states to seize absolute power and examines the destruction and suffering they invariably left in their wake.
From the Inside Flap
From Caesar and Nero to Stalin and Hitler, and from Genghis
Khan and Vlad the Impaler to Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein, here are 50
chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule has left an
indelible, usually bloody mark on the history of the world.
A compelling chronology of the moments when the principles of government
were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious, The Tyrants recounts the
stories of the unscrupulous rulers who scarred their own countries and
people. Professor Clive Foss describes how each of these men and women - as
often commoners or outcasts as kings or queens - were able to seize and
then wield absolute power, and details the catastrophic destruction and
mass suffering they left in their wake.
The Tyrants includes profiles of Julius Caesar, Herod, Nero, King John,
Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Vlad the Impaler, Cesare Borgia, Ivan the
Terrible, Bloody Mary, Napoleon, Shaka Zulu, Lenin, Mussolini, Stalin,
Hitler, Kim Il Sung, Juan Peron, Mao Zedong, Papa Doc Duvalier, Colonel
Qaddafi, Idi Amin, Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein.
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