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In the Shadow of the Gods

Dominic Lieven
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27/02/2024
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For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority, and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived, to being some of the worst and least remarkable.

Dominic Lieven's marvellous new book, In the Shadow of the Gods, is the first to grapple seriously with this extraordinary phenomenon. Lieven compares the great emperors of antiquity, the caliphs and the warrior-emperors of the steppe before he turns to the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Mughal and Chinese emperors, packing the book with extraordinary stories, astute observations and a sense of both delight and horror at these individuals' antics. The entire breadth of extreme human behaviour is here - from warlords to patrons of the arts, from political genius to feeble incapacity and pathological violence.

As one of the great experts both on empires and on Russian history, Lieven is brilliantly qualified to write a book that brings to life a system of rule that dominated most of human history, as well as some of history's grandest and most dismaying figures.

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Dane bibliograficzne / Bibliographic info
Rodzaj (nośnik) / Type of product książka / book
Dział / Department Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
Autor / Author Dominic Lieven
Tytuł / Title In the Shadow of the Gods
Język / Language angielski
Wydawca / Publisher Penguin Books
Rok wydania / Published in year 2023
Rodzaj oprawy / Binding type Miękka
Wymiary / Size 13.0x20.0
Liczba stron / Number of pages 500
Ciężar / Weight 0.385 kg
   
ISBN 9780141984452 (9780141984452)
EAN/UPC 9780141984452
Stan produktu / Condition nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty

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