Thucydides was an Athenian general and historian of the Peloponnesian War. After exile following the loss of Amphipolis, he produced an analytical account of strategy, plague, […]
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Tomyris is represented in the linked non-fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, exploration, travel and cultural encounter, and art, learning and intellectual life. These works […]
Umar ibn al-Khattab is represented in the linked non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, religion, belief and institutional authority, and court politics and dynastic power. These […]
Valentinian I was proclaimed emperor in 364 and appointed his brother Valens to govern the eastern provinces. Ruling from the West, he strengthened the Rhine and […]
Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnographer who promoted adaptation to northern environments and organised major expeditions. His attempt to claim Wrangel Island through […]
W. Averell Harriman was an American businessman, diplomat and Democratic politician. He served as ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Second World War, later became […]
William Adams was an English navigator who reached Japan in 1600 aboard the Dutch ship Liefde. He became an adviser to Tokugawa Ieyasu, received samurai status […]
William E. Fairbairn was a British police officer and close-combat instructor who served for decades with the Shanghai Municipal Police. Drawing on street violence and martial […]