Dominic Lieven

The story of how and why Russia defeated Napoleon. In the summer of 1812, Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything before him. Yet less than two years later, his empire lay in ruins, and Russia had triumphed. This is the first history to explore in depth...

A dazzling history of the world's emperors, spanning the last thousand years. For millennia, much of the world was ruled by emperors—a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority, and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice, they ran the gamut from being some of...