Geography, climate, economics and nationalism are often seen as decisive forces in history. In this dynamic, original and convincing book Dominic Lieven considers emperors and their dynasties as motors of events.
Defying constrictions of time and space, ranging from Sargon of Akkad, the ruler of what is now northern Iraq (r.
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