Ivan the Terrible
3 booksIvan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, became grand prince of Moscow as a child and was crowned the first tsar of Russia in 1547. His […]
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James III of Scotland
3 booksJames III became king of Scots as a child in 1460 and ruled until 1488. He pursued peace with England, acquired Orkney and Shetland through marriage […]
Jason
3 booksJason was the leader of the Argonauts who sails to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece. He succeeds through the aid of Medea, but his […]
Jean Parisot de Valette
3 booksJean Parisot de Valette was Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller during the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. His leadership during the Ottoman assault helped […]
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
3 booksJeremi Wiśniowiecki was a powerful Ruthenian prince and military commander of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He became a leading opponent of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s uprising, defending Zbarazh and […]
John II Casimir Vasa
3 booksJohn II Casimir Vasa was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1648 to 1668. His reign endured the Khmelnytsky Uprising, war with Muscovy […]
John the Baptist
3 booksJohn the Baptist was a Jewish preacher who called for repentance and baptised followers in the Jordan region. The Gospels connect him with the beginning of […]
Joseph Goebbels
3 booksJoseph Goebbels was the Nazi propaganda minister and one of Adolf Hitler’s closest political allies. He shaped the regime’s public messaging, antisemitic agitation and mobilisation of […]
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
3 booksJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and court politics and dynastic […]
Joséphine de Beauharnais
3 booksJoséphine de Beauharnais was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French from 1804 until their marriage was annulled in 1810. A survivor […]