William II of England
2 booksWilliam II, known as William Rufus, was king of England from 1087 to 1100. He defended the Anglo-Norman realm against rebellions, fought his brother Robert Curthose […]
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William Jardine
2 booksWilliam Jardine was a Scottish surgeon who became a leading merchant in Canton and co-founded the firm Jardine, Matheson & Company. His fortune was closely tied […]
William Stafford
2 booksWilliam Stafford was an English gentleman who secretly married Mary Boleyn after the death of her first husband. The match was socially unequal and made without […]
Winfield Scott Hancock
2 booksWinfield Scott Hancock is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and court politics and dynastic […]
Xenophon
2 booksXenophon was an Athenian soldier, historian and student of Socrates. He led part of the Ten Thousand during their retreat from Persia and wrote works on […]
Zeno
2 booksZeno was eastern Roman emperor for most of the period from 474 to 491. His reign faced usurpations, religious division and the end of western imperial […]
Zeus
2 booksZeus was the chief god of the Greek pantheon and ruler of Olympus. Myths of his defeat of the Titans, distribution of divine authority and interventions […]
Zhu Yuanzhang
2 booksZhu Yuanzhang was the founder of the Ming dynasty and ruled China as the Hongwu Emperor from 1368 to 1398. Born into an impoverished peasant family, […]
Abd-ar-Rahman III
1 bookAbd-ar-Rahman III was the Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus who reigned from 912 to 961 and declared himself caliph in 929. His rule stabilised Muslim Iberia after […]
Abdul Hamid II
1 bookAbdul Hamid II was the Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1876 to 1909. He suspended the first Ottoman constitution, centralised authority, promoted pan-Islamic legitimacy and faced […]