In the Shadow of the Gods
From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world''s emperors
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 be...
From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world''s emperors
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 be...
