Rulers and their times

1) Augustus Caesar and Imperial Rome

Author

Greenblatt, Miriam

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Benchmark Books

Pub. Date

[2000]

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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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Examines the rule of Augustus Caesar, including his rise to power, politics, and final days, and describes everyday life in Rome during his reign

2) Isabel, Ferdinand and fifteenth century Spain

Author

Mann, Kenny

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish

Pub. Date

[2002]

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IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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Discusses the reign of Isabel and Ferdinand in Spain, the unification of Castille and Aragon which set the stage for a great empire, and the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition

3) Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and the French Revolution

Author

Plain, Nancy

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish

Pub. Date

[2002]

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IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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Describes the reign of King Louis XVI of France, the separate life led by his queen, Marie-Antoinette, and the French Revolution

4) Lorenzo de' Medici and Renaissance Italy

Author

Greenblatt, Miriam

5) Queen Victoria and nineteenth-century England

Author

Price-Groff, Claire

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Benchmark Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

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IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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Provides an overview of Queen Victoria's life and reign and of the daily lives of the people of nineteenth-century England, and includes excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, and books of the time

6) Süleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Empire

Author

Greenblatt, Miriam

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Benchmark Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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Provides an overview of the lives of Suleyman I and his subjects in the Ottoman Empire of the late sixteenth century, and includes excerpts from poems, letters, and stories of the time

7) Eleanor of Aquitaine and the High Middle Ages

Author

Plain, Nancy

Series

Rulers and their times

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish Benchmark

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

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The life and times of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was also the mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted

8) Han Wu Di and ancient China

Author

Greenblatt, Miriam