Tyrants : History's 100 Most Evil Despots & Dictators / Nigel Cawthorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cawthorne, Nigel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Despotism--History.

Despotism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Other Title:

Tyrants

Place of Publication:

London : Arcturus, 2013.

Summary:

"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.

Contents:

THE ANCIENT WORLD 1. Akhenaton Pharaoh of Egypt 2. Sennacherib King of Assyria 3. Pheidon of Argos Tyrant of Athens 4. Tarquin the Proud Last Kmg of Rome 5. Polycrates Tyrant ofSamos 6. Alexander the Great King of Macedonia 7. Emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti Emperor of China "SrHcrod the Great King of Judaea 9. Augustus First Emperor of Rome 10. Caligula Emperor of Rome 11. Agrippina 'Empress' of Rome 12. Nero Emperor of Rome 13. Domitian Emperor of Rome 14. Attilathe Hun King of the Huns 15. Fredegund Queen of the Franks THE MIDDLE AGES 16. Wu Hou Empress of China 17. Harun-al-Rashid Caliph of Baghdad 18. Saint Olga Regent of Russia 19. Genghis Khan Ruler of the Mongols 20. King John King of England 21. Pedro the Cruel King of Castile 22. Tamerlane Ruler of Samarkand 23. Gian Galeazzo Visconti Duke of Milan 24. Tomas de Torquemada Grand Inquisitor of Spain 25. Vlad the Impaler Count of Wallachia 26. Richard III King of England 27. Cesare Borgia Cardinal of Rome 28. Francisco Pizarro Conqueror of the Incas 29. Heman Cortes Destroyer of the Aztecs 30. Henry VIII King of England 31. Mary I Queen of England 32. Catherine de'Medici Regent of France 33. Ivan the Terrible Tsar of Russia 34. Toyotomi Hideyoshi Ruler of Japan 35. Boris Godunov Tsar of Russia 36. Elizabeth Bathory Countess of Transylvania 37. Charles I King of England 38. Aurangzeb Mughal Emperor of India 39. Peter the Great Tsar*of Russia 40. Nadir Shah Shahof Persia 41. Frederick William I Kingof Prussia THE NAPOLEONIC ERA 42. Catherine the Great Tsarina of Russia 43. George 111 King of England 44. Tippu Sultan Sultan of Mysore 45. Louis XVI King of France 46.Paul I Tsar of Russia 47. Maximilien Robespierre Revolutionary French Leader 48. Dr Jose Caspar Rodriguez Francia Dictator of Paraguay 49. Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France 50, Agustin de Iturbide Dictator of Mexico 51. Ludwig I and Ludwig II Kings of Bavaria 52. Shaka Chief of the Zulu 53. Juan Manuel de Rosas Dictator of Argentina r,4. Ferdinand II King of Naples and Sicily 55. HungHsiu-ch'uan Warlord of China 56. Theodore II Emperor of Ethiopia 57. Francisco Solano Lopez Dictator of Paraguay 58. Antonio Guzman Blanco President of Venezuela 59. Leopold II King of Belgium 60. Mwanga Kabaka of Buganda THE MODERN WORLD 61. Porfirio Diaz Dictator of Mexico 62. Tzu-hsi Dowager Empress of China 63. Kaiser Wilhelm II Emperor of Germany 64. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Leader of the USSR 65. Syngman Rhee President of Korea 66. Juan Peron President of Argentina 67. Josef Stalin Leader of the USSR 68. Benito Mussolini Dictator of Italy 69. Chiang Kai-shek Ruler of China 70. Adolf Hitler Fiihrer of Germany 71. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Ruler of Portugol 72. Rafael Trujillo Dictator of the Dominican Republic 73. Francisco Franco Dictator of Spain 74. Mao Tse-tung Chairman, Chinese Communist Party 75. Anastasio Somoza Garcia Dictator of Nicaragua 76. Ayatollah Khomeini Ruler of Iran 77. Fulgcncio Batista y Zaldivar Dictator of Cuba 78. Ngo Dinh Diem President of South Vietnam 79. Achmed Sukarno President of Indonesia 80. Francois Duvalier'Papa Doc' President of Haiti 81. Enver Hoxha Leader of Albania 82. Kwame Nkrumah President of Ghana 83. Kim Il-sung Leader of North Korea 84. Alfredo Stroessner Dictator of Paraguay 85. Augusto Pinochet President of Chile 86. Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines 87. Nicolae Ceausescu Dictator of Romania 88. Jean Bedel Bokassa President, Central African Republic 89. Idi Amin President of Uganda 90. Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe 91. Fidel Castro President of Cuba 92. Efrain Rios Montt Dictator of Guatemala 93. Pol Pot Leader of Cambodia 94. Mobutu Sese Seko Dictator of the Congo 95. Mengistu Hailc Mariam Ruler of Ethiopia 96. Saddam Hussein President of Iraq 97. Slobodan Milosevic President of Serbia 98. Muammar al-Gaddafi President of Libya 99. Hissen Habre Dictator of Chad 100. Samuel Doe Dictator of Liberia.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Arcturus, viewed April 11, 2023).

ISBN:

1-78404-106-8