Royalty's Strangest Characters
Subtitle: Extraordinary but True Tales from 2,000 Years of Mad Monarchs and Raving Rulers (Strangest)
Publisher: Robson Books, Limited
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781861058270
Subjects: Rank & titles; Satire And Humor; Humor; General; Royalty; Biography & Autobiography / Royalty; Humor / Political; KINGS AND RULERS
First sentence: The first emperor of China, Shi Huangdi has gone down in history as a mighty ruler who united the country, standardised written characters and currency, and oversaw the construction of road and canal networks as well as the linking of various border walls into one Great Wall.