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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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ISBN 9780762496617 (hardback)
Author O'Sullivan, Joanne author.
Title 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.
Publisher/Date New York, NY : Running Press Kids, 2020.
©2020
Pagination etc. 168 pages : colour illustrations, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm.
Contents note Includes index.
Summary Note A fun, quirky, and engaging fully illustrated history anthology featuring 25 amazing and terrorizing rulers for middle grade readers. 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 they're remembered by. While some of the characters mentioned here are more prominent in world history (Cyrus the Great introduced the world's first human rights charter), others are well known only within their own cultures. The Great and the Terrible gives middle-grade readers an opportunity to dip into the breadth of world history, sampling its cultural diversity and its stranger-than-fiction historical exploits, with a mix of the sensational and the serious. It helps to correct the imbalance in many history books that currently only focus on Western Civilization, shining the spotlight on achievements (and foibles) in many different cultures.
Target audience note 8 - 12 years old.
Subject Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature
World history -- Juvenile literature
History -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature
Added Author Lugo, Udayana illustrator.
Shelf Location J 909 OSUL
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