Rulers of the Byzantine Empire / Rulers of Bulgaria / Rulers of Ottoman Empire / Rulers of Ancient Europe

Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
The book presents the millenium-long history of Byzantium as reflected in a dramatic life of the most remarkable Byzantine emperors from Constantine the Great to Constantine XI Paleologus.

Rulers of Bulgaria
The book presents through original illustrations and essays, the most prominent leaders in the history of Bulgarian statehood from the time of Khan Kubrat and Khan Asparoukh to date. It features 30 figures: Khans, Princes, Tsars and Statesmen, who have had an undisputable imfluence on Bulgaria"s and its future. Following the genealogy of Bulgarian rulers, it is like a holl of fame in which medieval monarchs are presented along with the more controversial figures of contemporary history.

Rulers of Ottoman Empire
This illustrated volume presents the portraits of the thirty-six rulers of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman I Gazi to Mehmet VI.

Rulers of Ancient Europe
Rulers of Ancient Europe is a glimpse at the roots of European civilization. For the first time, a single volume presents the biographies of twenty-four eminent statesmen who ruled over the lands of the ancient Hellenes, Macedonians, and Thracians, and who left a lasting mark upon world history.

These were rulers with strong personalities, political ambitions, and remarkable abilities as diplomats and commanders, each with his own personal relations and dramatic destiny, who founded the state structures that are still in place today. You will find vivid descriptions of the militant Agamemnon, the wise Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus, the Athenians Solon and Pericles, the powerful Thracian kings Sitalces and Cotys, the Macedonian rulers Philip II and Alexander III and their political heirs who fought to the last against the Roman invasion, paving the way for a new epoch.

In the region of Europe, monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, tyranny, and anarchy appeared for the first time in world history, revealing their potential in public life and becoming established for centuries to come.

In the narrative of events from the Trojan War in the 13th century B.C. to the Roman conquest of the Balkans by Emperor Trajan in 106 A.D., a colorful, ethnic world comes alive, one whose diverse cultural traditions have determined the course of our civilization.