Henry I of England
10 booksHenry I of England was the youngest son of William the Conqueror and king of England from 1100. He defeated his brother Robert Curthose at Tinchebray, […]
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Joseph Stalin
10 booksJoseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until 1953. Forced collectivisation, famine, rapid industrialisation, mass deportations and the Great Terror killed or imprisoned […]
Quintus Sertorius
10 booksQuintus Sertorius was a Roman commander and rebel who led resistance to Sulla’s regime from Hispania. His alliance with local communities and long campaign against Roman […]
Sulla
10 booksLucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and politician whose rivalry with Marius helped turn political conflict into civil war. He marched an army on Rome, […]
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
10 booksThomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was a Confederate general and one of Robert E. Lee’s most effective subordinates. He gained fame at First Manassas, conducted the Shenandoah […]
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, was the ambitious younger brother of Jane Seymour and uncle of Edward VI. After Henry VIII’s death he married […]
Thomas Wolsey
10 booksThomas Wolsey was a churchman and statesman who became cardinal, archbishop of York and Henry VIII’s lord chancellor. For much of the 1510s and 1520s he […]
Tiberius
10 booksTiberius was Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37 and the successor of Augustus. An experienced commander and administrator, he inherited the new imperial system but […]
Agrippina the Younger
9 booksAgrippina the Younger was a great-granddaughter of Augustus, a sister of Caligula, the wife and niece of Claudius, and the mother of Nero. After surviving exile […]
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
9 booksAntigonus I Monophthalmus was one of Alexander the Great’s Successors and one of the most ambitious rulers of the early Hellenistic world. He attempted to reunite […]