Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father’s assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering tactician, Alexander the Great had conquered the known world and sealed his legacy as one of history’s most remarkable rulers by the [...]
The son of David and Bathsheba, Solomon was a 12-year-old prodigy when he ascended to the throne of Israel. When asked by God what he needed to rule, Solomon requested the ability to see into [...]
In 1795, he was an unpaid general consumed with ambition. In 1816, he was a bitter exile on the remote island of St. Helena. In the years between, he was the most powerful man on [...]
His name is equated with barbarism and terror, but the ancient Mongol warlord was as effective a ruler as he was a conqueror.