Titans of history : the giants who made our world / Simon Sebag Montefiore

By:

Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2018Description: 622 p.; 24 cmISBN:

9780525564461

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

920.02

LOC classification:

D 107 S443t 2018

Contents:

Rameses the Great -- David & Solomon -- Nebuchadnezzar II -- Sappho -- Cyrus the Great -- The Buddha -- Confucius -- Sun Tzu -- Leonidas -- Herodotus -- Alcibiades -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Alexander the Great -- Qin Shi Huangdi -- Hannibal -- Judah the Maccabee and His Brothers -- Sulla -- Cicero -- Caesar -- Herod the Great -- Cleopatra -- Augustus & Livia -- Jesus -- Caligula -- Nero -- Marcus Aurelius -- Constantine the Great -- Attila the Hun -- Justinian I & Theodora -- Muhammad -- Muawiya & Abd Al-Malik: The Caliphs -- Zhao Wu -- The Venerable Bede -- Charlemagne Haroun Al-Rashid and the Abbasid Caliphs -- Marozia and the Papal Pornocracy -- Basil the Bulgar Slayer -- Melisende and the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem -- Saladin.

Summary: "The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying, and inspiring characters that everyone should know. The giant characters of history--from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Pol Pot, Shaka to George Washington, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan--lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, but they also formed our world and will shape our

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Rameses the Great --
David & Solomon --
Nebuchadnezzar II --
Sappho --
Cyrus the Great --
The Buddha --
Confucius --
Sun Tzu --
Leonidas --
Herodotus --
Alcibiades --
Plato --
Aristotle --
Alexander the Great --
Qin Shi Huangdi --
Hannibal --
Judah the Maccabee and His Brothers --
Sulla --
Cicero --
Caesar --
Herod the Great --
Cleopatra --
Augustus & Livia --
Jesus --
Caligula --
Nero --
Marcus Aurelius --
Constantine the Great --
Attila the Hun --
Justinian I & Theodora --
Muhammad --
Muawiya & Abd Al-Malik: The Caliphs --
Zhao Wu --
The Venerable Bede --
Charlemagne Haroun Al-Rashid and the Abbasid Caliphs --
Marozia and the Papal Pornocracy --
Basil the Bulgar Slayer --
Melisende and the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem --
Saladin.

"The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying, and inspiring characters that everyone should know. The giant characters of history--from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Pol Pot, Shaka to George Washington, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan--lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, but they also formed our world and will shape our

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