Query: Books about monarchs that don't include Napoleon.
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Light Bearer
The Last Raja of West Pakistan
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (book)
Quo Vadis (novel)
The King Incorporated
History of the Caliphs
The Twelve Caesars
Chronicle of the Tocco
The Crime of the Congo
The Roman
The Queen's Knight (book)
King Leopold's Ghost
The King's Stilts
The Scramble for Africa (book)
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
Evidence from documents: The Light Bearer: '''''The Light Bearer''''' is a 1994 historical novel by Donna Gillespie set in first century Rome, during the reigns of the Emperors Nero and Domitian.
The Last Raja of West Pakistan: '''''The Last Raja of West Pakistan''''' is a biography written about the last emperor of East Pakistan (modern day Bangladesh).
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (book): '''''The Six Wives of Henry VIII''''' is a 1991 history book, an account of Henry VIII's marriages by British historian Alison Weir.


The book was Weir's first historical work since her first book, ''Britain's Royal Families''. It is divided into three sections - "Catherine of Aragon," "The Great Matter" and "How many wives will he have?"
Quo Vadis (novel): The novel ''Quo Vadis'' tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Lygia (Ligia in Polish) and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero, AD 64.
The King Incorporated: '''''The King Incorporated''''' was the first history book published by award-winning Scottish journalist and historian Neal Ascherson exploring the course of the Congo Free State from its foundation to annexation, as well as the role of King Leopold II.
History of the Caliphs: '''''History of the Caliphs''''' () is a famous book written by Al-Suyuti (c. 1445-1505), the classic Sunni scholar. It was published in English in 1881 in Calcutta and republished in English at Oriental Press in 1970.
The Twelve Caesars: '''''De vita Caesarum''''' (Latin; "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as '''''The Twelve Caesars''''', is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
Chronicle of the Tocco: Carlo I Tocco's territorial expansion on the Greek mainland
The '''''Chronicle of the Tocco''''' () is a chronicle in fifteen-syllable blank verse written in medieval Greek. It covers the period of 1375-1425 and focuses on the ascent of the Tocco family, and especially Carlo I Tocco, Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, to the rule over the Despotate of Epirus, as well as Carlo's conquest of territories in the Morea.
The Crime of the Congo: '''''The Crime of the Congo''''' is a 1909 book by British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, a private state established and controlled by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II.
The Roman: A cruel fate makes him the commander of the menagerie that supplied the wild animals that tore his firstborn son to pieces, and the book was ostensibly written as a guide for his second son, great-grandson of the Emperor Claudius.
The Queen's Knight (book): '''''The Queen's Knight: The Extraordinary Life of Queen Victoria's Most Trusted Confidant''''' is a book by Martyn Downer published in 2007.
King Leopold's Ghost: '''''King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa''''' (1998) is a best-selling popular history book by Adam Hochschild that explores the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908, as well as the large-scale atrocities committed during that period.
The King's Stilts: '''''The King's Stilts''''' is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss, and first published in 1939 by Random House. Unlike many Dr. Seuss books, it is narrated in prose rather than verse.
''The King's Stilts'' tells the story of King Birtram of Binn, who dedicates himself to safeguarding his kingdom, a low-lying land surrounded by high water that is held back by a ring of dike trees. Unfortunately, the dike trees are the favorite food of a species of pest-birds called ''nizzards''; the kingdom always faces the risk that the nizzards might compromise the dike-tree barrier and cause catastrophic flooding. The King's administration maintains a legion of Patrol Cats to keep the nizzards at bay; King Birtram sees to their care personally. When not attending to his royal duties, the King enjoys himself by frolicking in the streets on his red stilts, which most of his subjects note with amused acceptance.
The Scramble for Africa (book): The book juxtaposes the motives of missionary David Livingstone, King Leopold II, and other leading figures in the southern African land-grab of the late 19th and early 20th century. Pakenham details the famous battles and short wars, such as the battles of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana of the Anglo-Zulu war. The author explores how the different powerful figures dealt with the conflict and its ultimate consequences on the region.
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter: '''''Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter''''' is a 2009 novel by A. E. Moorat. I