'100 GREAT KINGS, QUEENS AND RULERS OF THE WORLD'

by EDIT JOHN CANNING

This volume presents a personal selection of great kings and queens, the word 'great' implying no moral judgment but used as a simple descriptive label for those whose significance for good or bad has been considerable. Most of them exercised absolute or near - absolute power, for the emergence of the constitutional monarch is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Also included are rulers who seemed to partake wholly or to a large extent in the royal mystique. Thus there is a certain resemblance between, say, pericles, on the one hand and franklin d. Roosevelt and john f. Kennedy on the other.

Genres: Biography, History

672 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those great books that leads you to all kinds of other great books. Mini-biographies of all manner of kings, queens, tribal chieftans and local despots that makes you want to know more about each one of them.

[J. Bryce · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dated but still interesting, if not state-of-the-historical art.

Recommended as an historical oddity, at least.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really good look into a bunch of historical figures, and I'm glad it didn't focus solely on the western world.

[Adhiraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short brief details of 100 leaders, many are common knowledge but the author also discusses about some lesser known ones for which this book becomes a good read.