{"product_id":"9781789298444","title":"A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants","description":"Author: Ben Gazur\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789298444\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Michael O'Mara Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the tyrants who have shaped the course of history. All power corrupts, but absolute power can turn people into absolute monsters. The true stories behind the men and women who led tyrannies around the world. This is history ... but not as you know it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nLeading readers through all of \u003cb\u003eworld history\u003c\/b\u003e, Ben Gazur looks at how tyrants and their regimes have \u003cb\u003eshaped the course of humanity\u003c\/b\u003e from the earliest times right up until the modern day. From the first \u003cb\u003eAncient Greek\u003c\/b\u003e tyrants to those who still dominate nations today, dictators have always been pulling the strings.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn \u003cb\u003e50 bite-sized chapters\u003c\/b\u003e spanning thousands of years,\u003ci\u003e A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants \u003c\/i\u003eexamines their rise to power, how they stayed there and how they were overthrown, \u003cb\u003einvestigating their lives and crimes\u003c\/b\u003e. Readers will learn how \u003cb\u003eCatherine the Great\u003c\/b\u003e seized the throne from her own husband, how \u003cb\u003eAdolf Hitler\u003c\/b\u003e created a cult of personality to assume complete control, and how \u003cb\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/b\u003e met his end under a rain of stabs on the senate floor.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFollow the whims, eccentricities and evil acts of \u003cb\u003edictators across the millennia\u003c\/b\u003e, such as the deadly search for immortality by the first Chinese Emperor, the wily machinations of the Emperor Augustus and the crushing brutality of \u003cb\u003ePol Pot\u003c\/b\u003e’s rule.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlso available:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Failures\u003c\/i\u003e (9781789296938)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Lies\u003c\/i\u003e (9781789294606)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Books\u003c\/i\u003e (9781789294088)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (9781789292954)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Places\u003c\/i\u003e (9781789291971)","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845844320414,"sku":"TLD-9781789298444","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789298444.jpg?v=1781222866","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789298444","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}