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In the Shadow of the Gods
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In the Shadow of the Gods

Author: Dominic Lieven

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.

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.

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  • Number of pages Number of pages 528
  • Cover Cover Hardcover
  • Year of publication Year of publication 2022
  • Publisher Publisher Penguin
Genre: World History Ottoman Period

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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. They operated beyond normal human constraint 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. Across the world peoples, willingly or unwillingly, fell into orbit around figures who reshaped or destroyed entire societies, imposed religions and invaded rivals. Lieven describes the anatomy of imperial monarchy and the principles by which it functioned. He 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.

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Author
Dominic Lieven
Publisher
Penguin
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Type
General History
Theme
World History
Time Period
Ottoman Period
Language
English
Cover
Hardcover
Number of Pages
528
Release Date
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Publication Date
2022
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9780241284421

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