Tyrants
Nigel Cawthorne
"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me."
- Genghis Khan
A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings.
From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake.
Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.
Duration - 10h 27m.
Author - Nigel Cawthorne.
Narrator - Richard Trinder.
Published Date - Friday, 19 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2013 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats. Duration - 10h 27m. Author - Nigel Cawthorne. Narrator - Richard Trinder. Published Date - Friday, 19 January 2024. Copyright - © 2013 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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1. Akhenaton: Pharaoh of Egypt
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2. Sennacherib: King of Assyria
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3. Pheidon of Argos: Tyrant of Athens
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4. Tarquin the Proud: Last King of Rome
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5. Polycrates: Tyrant of Samos
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6. Alexander the Great: King of Macedonia
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7. Emperor Ch’in Shih-huang-ti: Emperor of China
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8. Herod the Great: King of Judaea
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9. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
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10. Caligula: Emperor of Rome
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11. Agrippina: ‘Empress’ of Rome
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12. Nero: Emperor of Rome
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13. Domitian: Emperor of Rome
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14. Attila the Hun: King of the Huns
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15. Fredegund: Queen of the Franks
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16. Wu Hou: Empress of China
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17. Harun-al-Rashid: Caliph of Baghdad
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18. Saint Olga: Regent of Russia
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19. Genghis Khan: Ruler of the Mongols
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20. King John: King of England
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21. Pedro the Cruel: King of Castile
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22. Tamerlane: Ruler of Samarkand
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23. Gian Galeazzo Visconti: Duke of Milan
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24. Tomas de Torquemada: Grand Inquisitor of Spain
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25. Vlad the Impaler: Count of Wallachia
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26. Richard III: King of England
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27. Cesare Borgia: Cardinal of Rome
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28. Francisco Pizarro: Conqueror of the Incas
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29. Hernán Cortés: Destroyer of the Aztecs
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30. Henry VIII: King of England
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31. Mary I: Queen of England
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32. Catherine de’Medici: Regent of France
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33. Ivan the Terrible: Tsar of Russia
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34. Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Ruler of Japan
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35. Boris Godunov: Tsar of Russia
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36. Elizabeth Bathory: Countess of Transylvania
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37. Charles I: King of England
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38. Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor of India
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39. Peter the Great: Tsar of Russia
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40. Nadir Shah: Shah of Persia
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41. Frederick William I: King of Prussia
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42. Catherine the Great: Tsarina of Russia
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43. George III: King of England
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44. Tippu Sultan: Sultan of Mysore
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45. Louis XVI: King of France
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46. Paul I: Tsar of Russia
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47. Maximilien Robespierre: Revolutionary French Leader
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48. Dr José Gaspar Rodríguez Francia: Dictator of Paraguay
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49. Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of France
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50. Agustín de Iturbide: Dictator of Mexico
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51. Ludwig I and Ludwig II: Kings of Bavaria
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52. Shaka: Chief of the Zulu
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53. Juan Manuel de Rosas: Dictator of Argentina
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54. Ferdinand II: King of Naples and Sicily
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55. Hung Hsiu-ch’uan: Warlord of China
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56. Theodore II: Emperor of Ethiopia
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57. Francisco Solano López: Dictator of Paraguay
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58. Antonio Guzmán Blanco: President of Venezuela
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59. Leopold II: King of Belgium
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60. Mwanga: Kabaka of Buganda
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61. Porfirio Díaz: Dictator of Mexico
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62. Tzu-hsi: Dowager Empress of China
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63. Kaiser Wilhelm II: Emperor of Germany
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64. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: Leader of the USSR
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65. Syngman Rhee: President of Korea
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66. Juan Perón: President of Argentina
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67. Josef Stalin: Leader of the USSR
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68. Benito Mussolini: Dictator of Italy
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69. Chiang Kai-shek: Ruler of China
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70. Adolf Hitler: Führer of Germany
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71. António de Oliveira Salazar: Ruler of Portugal
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72. Rafael Trujillo: Dictator of the Dominican Republic
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73. Francisco Franco: Dictator of Spain
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74. Mao Tse-tung: Chairman, Chinese Communist Party
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75. Anastasio Somoza García: Dictator of Nicaragua
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76. Ayatollah Khomeini: Ruler of Iran
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77. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar: Dictator of Cuba
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78. Ngo Dinh Diem: President of South Vietnam
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79. Achmed Sukarno: President of Indonesia
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80. François Duvalier (‘Papa Doc’): President of Haiti
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81. Enver Hoxha: Leader of Albania
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82. Kwame Nkrumah: President of Ghana
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83. Kim Il-sung: Leader of North Korea
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84. Alfredo Stroessner: Dictator of Paraguay
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85. Augusto Pinochet: President of Chile
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86. Ferdinand Marcos: President of the Philippines
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87. Nicolae Ceausescu: Dictator of Romania
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88. Jean Bedel Bokassa: President, Central African Republic
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89. Idi Amin: President of Uganda
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90. Robert Mugabe: President of Zimbabwe
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91. Fidel Castro: President of Cuba
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92. Efrain Ríos Montt: Dictator of Guatemala
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93. Pol Pot: Leader of Cambodia
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94. Mobutu Sese Seko: Dictator of the Congo
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95. Mengistu Haile Mariam: Ruler of Ethiopia
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96. Saddam Hussein: President of Iraq
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97. Slobodan Milosevic: President of Serbia
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98. Muammar al-Gaddafi: President of Libya
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99. Hissen Habré: Dictator of Chad
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100. Samuel Doe: Dictator of Liberia
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Closing Credits
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