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Queens and conquerors. Pirates and rebels.

Minds that changed everything, and the wars that changed everything else.

Cleopatra book coverCleopatraGenghis Khan: From Outcast Boy to Emperor of the World book coverGenghis KhanAnne Boleyn: The Queen Who Lost Her Head book coverAnne BoleynBlackbeard: The Devil of the Carolinas book coverBlackbeardNapoleon book coverNapoleonElizabeth I: How England Became England book coverElizabeth IHannibal: Elephants Over the Alps book coverHannibalJoan of Arc: The Teenage Girl Who Saved France book coverJoan of ArcLeonardo da Vinci: The Genius Who Left Everything Unfinished book coverLeonardo da VinciMarie Curie: The Genius the Radiation Killed book coverMarie CurieEdgar Allan Poe: Master of the Macabre book coverEdgar Allan PoeWorld War II: The War That Redrew Everything book coverWorld War II
Fair warning: these are not academic books. No footnotes to chase, no family trees, no ten pages on a treaty. If you want that depth, you'll want a bigger book. If you want the story and the big picture, you're home.

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Every book in the series

41 and counting. Start anywhere.

Genghis Khan: From Outcast Boy to Emperor of the World book coverGenghis KhanCleopatra book coverCleopatraQueen Victoria book coverQueen VictoriaWilliam Shakespeare book coverWilliam ShakespeareFranklin D. Roosevelt book coverFranklin D. RooseveltAbraham Lincoln book coverAbraham LincolnNapoleon book coverNapoleonGeorge Washington book coverGeorge WashingtonWorld War II: The War That Redrew Everything book coverWorld War IIWorld War I: How the Modern World Started With a Gunshot book coverWorld War ITheodore Roosevelt: The President Who Wouldn't Sit Still book coverTheodore RooseveltAlexander the Great: The Boy Who Conquered the World by Thirty-Two book coverAlexander the GreatGeorge III: The Mad King Who Lost America book coverGeorge IIIElizabeth I: How England Became England book coverElizabeth IMarie Antoinette: She Never Said Let Them Eat Cake book coverMarie AntoinetteMary, Queen of Scots: The Queen Beheaded by Her Cousin book coverMary, Queen of ScotsWilliam the Conqueror: How a Bastard Duke Took England in One Day book coverWilliam the ConquerorIsaac Newton: The Genius Who Hated Everyone book coverIsaac NewtonJulius Caesar: The Dictator Stabbed by His Best Friend book coverJulius CaesarChristopher Columbus: The Fast, Sharp Story book coverChristopher ColumbusAmerican Civil War: The War That Remade a Nation book coverAmerican Civil WarAmelia Earhart: The Pilot Who Vanished Into Legend book coverAmelia EarhartMarie Curie: The Genius the Radiation Killed book coverMarie CurieJoan of Arc: The Teenage Girl Who Saved France book coverJoan of ArcCatherine the Great: The Empress Who Seized a Throne book coverCatherine the GreatGrigori Rasputin: The Mad Monk Who Wouldn't Die book coverGrigori RasputinVlad the Impaler: The Prince Who Inspired Dracula book coverVlad the ImpalerMary Shelley: The Teenager Who Invented Science Fiction book coverMary ShelleyJane Austen: The Spinster Who Conquered Literature book coverJane AustenNikola Tesla: The Genius Who Died Penniless book coverNikola TeslaLeonardo da Vinci: The Genius Who Left Everything Unfinished book coverLeonardo da VinciLouis XIV: The Sun King Who Built Versailles book coverLouis XIVThomas Jefferson: The Founder Who Wrote That All Men Are Equal book coverThomas JeffersonUlysses S. Grant: The Drunk They Wrote Off Who Won the War book coverUlysses S. GrantAnne Boleyn: The Queen Who Lost Her Head book coverAnne BoleynHenry VIII: Six Wives and a Broken Church book coverHenry VIIIBlackbeard: The Devil of the Carolinas book coverBlackbeardHannibal: Elephants Over the Alps book coverHannibalEdgar Allan Poe: Master of the Macabre book coverEdgar Allan PoeSpartacus: The Slave Who Shook Rome book coverSpartacusFrederick Douglass: The Voice That Broke Slavery book coverFrederick Douglass

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