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The great and the terrible : the world's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names

The great and the terrible : the world's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names

Book 2020

"We've heard of Alexander the Great. We've heard of Ivan the Terrible. But what was so Great about Alexander? What was so Terrible about Ivan? Spanning centuries of history in a culturally diverse framework--from ancient India to nineteenth-century Hawaii, and with a balanced focus on notorious women rulers as well as male, The Great and the Terrible takes a humorous look at some of the most glorious and notorious figures in history through the l...