Biographies About
Major World Leaders

From ancient Mongolia to 20th-century America, meet the emperors, monarchs, conquerors,
prime ministers, and revolutionaries who ruled the continents and left their mark on history.

Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time. Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures....

Author Ramachandra Guha has drawn on 60 different archival collections to reconstruct social and political activist Mohandas Gandhi's life and work....

In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood - by the best-selling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War....

In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy examines Caesar as a military leader, as well as his other roles, and places....

When Lisa Najeeb Halaby was 26, her father introduced her to King Hussein of Jordan. Within a year, she became his fourth wife....

Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind....

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

Golda Meir was a world figure unlike any other. Born in tsarist Russia in 1898, she immigrated to America in 1906 and displayed the political consciousness and organizational skills that would eventually catapult her into the inner circles of Israel's founding generation....

There are notorious figures in history who have withstood the test of time, and then there is Hannibal Barca. This man stands in a unique category of his own because the name of Hannibal Barca not only went down in history, it changed the course of it....

This stylish and incisive narrative presents listeners with a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating kings in European history. Louis XIV's story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic....

Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders - aligned to win World War II and created a new world order....

In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than 30 years, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy....

Authors Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry state that the marginalization of Martin Luther King's ideas reflects a romantic consensus history that renders the civil rights movement inherently conservative - an effort not at radical reform but at "living up to" enduring ideals laid down by the nation's founders....

Holding power for over 50 years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England's most influential kings and one who shaped the course of English history....

A life of Matilda - empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages....

With privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, renowned royal biographer Robert Hardman presents a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it....

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers....

This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers––and men––in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world....