Blood and Splendor

Blood and Splendor The Lives of Five Tyrants, from Nero to Saddam Hussein

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Publisher's Synopsis

Presents short but substantial biographies of five tyrants: Nero, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin, Hitler, and Saddam Hussein. Their stories explore who they were, what they did, and what drove them to such cruel lengths, showing how the extravagance of their lives and the complexity of their obsessions played out through their political actions, often w

Book information

ISBN: 9780380804894
Publisher: Perennial,.
Imprint: Perennial,.
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 286
Weight: 226g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 17mm