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The great and the terrible, the world's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names, Joanne O'Sullivan ; illustrated by Udayana Lugo

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The great and the terrible, the world's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names, Joanne O'Sullivan ; illustrated by Udayana Lugo

Language

eng

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Includes index

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great and the terrible

Responsibility statement

Joanne O'Sullivan ; illustrated by Udayana Lugo

Sub title

the world's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names

Summary

We've heard of Alexander the Great. We've heard of Ivan the Terrible. But what was so Great about Alexander? What was so Terrible about Ivan? Spanning centuries of history in a culturally diverse framework, from ancient India to nineteenth-century Hawaii, and with a balanced focus on notorious women rulers as well as male, The Great and the Terrible takes a humorous look at some of the most glorious and notorious figures in history through the lens of the nicknames by [which] they're remembered

Table Of Contents

The greats: Hatshepsut -- Cyrus the Great -- Alexander the Great -- Askoka the Great -- Suiko, the Great Empress -- Pacal the Great -- Good King Wenceslas -- Sejong the Great -- Askia the Great -- Lorenzo the Magnificent -- SÃ¼leyman the Magnificent -- Nur Jahan -- Good Queen Bess (Elizabeth I) -- Nanyehi -- Kamehameha the Great -- The Terribles: Attila the Hun -- Bad King John -- Vlad the Impaler -- Bloody Mary Tudor -- Ivan the Terrible -- Catherine de' Medici -- Mad Ibrahim I -- Sultan Ismail the Bloodthirsty -- Queen Ranavalona the cruel -- Mad King Ludwig -- Rogues gallery of other notably notorious

Target audience

juvenile

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World's most glorious and notorious rulers and how they got their names

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