Apepi
6 booksApepi was a Hyksos ruler of the Fifteenth Dynasty during Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period. He ruled from Avaris while Theban kings in the south moved toward […]
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Cassander
6 booksCassander was one of the Successors of Alexander the Great and became king of Macedon after years of civil war. His rule was tied to the […]
Charles V
6 booksCharles V was the Habsburg ruler who was Holy Roman emperor and king of Spain. His vast territories drew him into wars with France, the Ottoman […]
Charles VI of France
6 booksCharles VI of France was the king of France whose long reign was weakened by recurrent mental illness and factional conflict. Rivalry between Armagnac and Burgundian […]
Edmund Ironside
6 booksEdmund Ironside was an English king who resisted the Danish invasion led by Cnut. He fought a rapid series of campaigns in 1016, including the battle […]
Genghis Khan
6 booksGenghis Khan, born Temüjin, united competing Mongol groups and was proclaimed universal ruler in 1206. Through disciplined organisation, diplomacy, terror and highly mobile warfare, his armies […]
Guy of Lusignan
6 booksGuy of Lusignan became king of Jerusalem through his marriage to Sibylla, the sister of Baldwin IV. His leadership was deeply contested, and in 1187 he […]
Hachisuka Shigeyoshi
6 booksHachisuka Shigeyoshi is represented in the linked historical fiction through crime, espionage and covert power, political ambition and government, and court politics and dynastic power. These […]
Hector
6 booksHector was the foremost Trojan warrior in the Iliad and the principal defender of Troy. He leads Trojan forces against the Greeks, kills Patroclus and is […]
Hephaestion
6 booksHephaestion was a Macedonian nobleman, senior officer and close companion of Alexander the Great. His death in 324 BC deeply affected Alexander and became one of […]