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Absolute Power
The real lives of Europe’s most infamous rulers |
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| In our time when European monarchies seem little more than tourist curiosities and democracy is taken for granted, it is easy to forget how much power pre-democratic rulers could once wield. The rulers and holders of political power in this book fall into four categories: those villainized by propaganda; those with serious mental disorders; those simultaneously revered and reviled; and those who truly were the epitome of evil. Absolute Power shows how they were all carried away by their exalted status or even overwhelmed by it, while a few were driven over the edge into madness. |
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| Specifications: | 245x167mm, paperbck, 656 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-572-03229-6 |
| EAN: | 9780572032296 |
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