Ulysses S. Grant
15 booksUlysses S. Grant was the Union general who became the eighteenth president of the United States. He led campaigns at Vicksburg and Chattanooga, accepted Lee’s surrender […]
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Calgacus
14 booksCalgacus was a Caledonian leader mentioned by Tacitus in connection with the Battle of Mons Graupius against Agricola’s Roman army. Although little is independently known about […]
Catherine Parr
14 booksCatherine Parr was the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, a twice-widowed noblewoman with strong intellectual and reformist interests. She helped reconcile Henry with his […]
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
14 booksJean-de-Dieu Soult rose from an infantry private to become a marshal of France under Napoleon. He fought with distinction at Austerlitz, commanded in Spain and Portugal […]
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
14 booksLlywelyn ap Gruffudd, often called Llywelyn the Last, was the final native Prince of Wales recognised before Edward I’s conquest. His resistance to English expansion ended […]
Philip II of France
14 booksPhilip II ruled France from 1180 to 1223 and greatly expanded Capetian power at the expense of the Angevin kings. He joined Richard I on the […]
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
14 booksQuintus Petillius Cerialis was a Roman general active in Britain and on the Rhine during the first century AD. He fought against Boudica’s revolt and later […]
Robert E. Lee
14 booksRobert E. Lee was the principal Confederate general in the eastern theatre of the American Civil War. He won major victories including Second Manassas and Chancellorsville […]
Thomas Cromwell
14 booksThomas Cromwell was the son of a Putney tradesman who became Henry VIII’s most powerful minister during the 1530s. He directed the machinery of the royal […]
Victoria
14 booksVictoria became queen of the United Kingdom in 1837 and reigned until 1901. Her reign coincided with industrialisation, imperial expansion, political reform and the gradual development […]