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Russia Land of the Tsars

The definitive exploration of Russia's imperial past: its origins, leaders, wars and politics.

DVD
947
RUS

The Age of Napoleon

Harry Henderson

Discusses French history under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte's rise from lowly origins to military and political power, ending with his defeat and the legacy he left to Europe.

944.05
HEN

The Three Edwards

Michael Prestwich

941.03
PRE

Robert the Bruce, King of Scots

Ronald McNair Scott

92
BRU

Napoleon

Emil Ludwig

92
NAP

Peter the Great

Kathleen McDermott

A biography of the tsar who began the transformation of Russia into a modern state in the late seventeenth-early eighteenth centuries.

92
PET

Ferdinand and Isabella

Paul Stevens

A biography of the king and queen whose marriage led to the unification of Spain and who increased the country's power by conquering the Moors and sending Columbus to America.

946.03
STE

Napoleon

Leslie McGuire

A biography of the military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and whose empire covered most of western and central Europe.

92
NAP

James I

Frank Dwyer

A biography of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was the first Stuart king of England, the sponsor of what is known as the King James Version of the Bible, and the monarch responsible for the migra

941.06
DWY