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Chronicles the life and vicious exploits of Vlad the Impaler who, during the fifteenth century, extended his reign of terror across most of the known Roman world.

Describes English pirate Francis Drake who raided the African coast and abducted men, women and children and sold them into slavery and was considered a hero for attacking and looting Spanish ships to be added to England's coffers.

Presents the biography of Henry VIII, second monarch of the House of Tudor, who was married six times, unified Wales and England, and was known for executing people with beheadings, including two of his wives.

A biography of Catherine the Great, discussing her eighteen-year effort to form alliances and gain power, which culminated with her seizing the throne from her husband, Peter III.

A comprehensive biography of Alexander the Great that includes a timeline, glossary, and a number of photographs and illustrations documenting his life, conquests, allies, and enemies.

Provides a biography of the eighteenth-century British monarch during whose reign the American colonies fought to break away and form an independent nation.

A biography of Attila the Hun, the warrior who led the Barbarian invasion of the Roman Empire which had dominated the world for over four centuries.

A biography of thirteenth-century Mongolian leader, Genghis Khan that describes his life and ruthless destruction of cities, villages, and farms.

Presents a biography of Prussian German statesman and aristocrat Otto von Bismarck, with maps, illustrations, primary source documents, a timeline, and a glossary.

A biography of the first queen of England Mary Tudor that describes her life and execution of hundreds of people for heresy.

A biography of Grigory Rasputin, a poor peasant from Siberia who charmed his way into the court of Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra of Russia.

A biography of Russia's first tsar Ivan the Terrible that describes his life, cruelty, and victims.

Explores how Leopold II, King of the Belgians, exploited the people of Africa by founding a colony along the Congo River, where he used the African people as slaves.

A biography of French revolutionist Maximilien Robespierre that describes his role in the revolution and sentencing of thousands of deaths by guillotine.

Presents the history of Hannibal, a famous Carthaginian military commander who invaded Italy by crossing the Alps with war elephants, and won many battles against Rome over a decade before being defeated in the Battle of Zama at Carthage.