Tyrants
Nigel Cawthorne
"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me."
- Genghis Khan
A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings.
From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake.
Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.
Duration - 10h 27m.
Author - Nigel Cawthorne.
Narrator - Richard Trinder.
Published Date - Friday, 19 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2013 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats. Duration - 10h 27m. Author - Nigel Cawthorne. Narrator - Richard Trinder. Published Date - Friday, 19 January 2024. Copyright - © 2013 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:13:14
1. Akhenaton: Pharaoh of Egypt
Duration:02:14:15
2. Sennacherib: King of Assyria
Duration:02:23:22
3. Pheidon of Argos: Tyrant of Athens
Duration:02:30:28
4. Tarquin the Proud: Last King of Rome
Duration:02:18:03
5. Polycrates: Tyrant of Samos
Duration:01:19:10
6. Alexander the Great: King of Macedonia
Duration:09:36:54
7. Emperor Ch’in Shih-huang-ti: Emperor of China
Duration:02:36:16
8. Herod the Great: King of Judaea
Duration:05:45:02
9. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
Duration:06:20:23
10. Caligula: Emperor of Rome
Duration:13:47:52
11. Agrippina: ‘Empress’ of Rome
Duration:02:06:01
12. Nero: Emperor of Rome
Duration:05:23:25
13. Domitian: Emperor of Rome
Duration:03:22:25
14. Attila the Hun: King of the Huns
Duration:05:41:46
15. Fredegund: Queen of the Franks
Duration:01:38:16
16. Wu Hou: Empress of China
Duration:02:44:32
17. Harun-al-Rashid: Caliph of Baghdad
Duration:02:02:48
18. Saint Olga: Regent of Russia
Duration:01:15:23
19. Genghis Khan: Ruler of the Mongols
Duration:24:20:42
20. King John: King of England
Duration:03:45:35
21. Pedro the Cruel: King of Castile
Duration:01:50:49
22. Tamerlane: Ruler of Samarkand
Duration:04:53:58
23. Gian Galeazzo Visconti: Duke of Milan
Duration:03:20:35
24. Tomas de Torquemada: Grand Inquisitor of Spain
Duration:10:30:36
25. Vlad the Impaler: Count of Wallachia
Duration:14:05:57
26. Richard III: King of England
Duration:02:27:07
27. Cesare Borgia: Cardinal of Rome
Duration:04:04:33
28. Francisco Pizarro: Conqueror of the Incas
Duration:04:50:49
29. Hernán Cortés: Destroyer of the Aztecs
Duration:09:31:02
30. Henry VIII: King of England
Duration:07:07:58
31. Mary I: Queen of England
Duration:02:45:35
32. Catherine de’Medici: Regent of France
Duration:02:18:26
33. Ivan the Terrible: Tsar of Russia
Duration:12:30:44
34. Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Ruler of Japan
Duration:03:53:21
35. Boris Godunov: Tsar of Russia
Duration:02:55:47
36. Elizabeth Bathory: Countess of Transylvania
Duration:08:27:29
37. Charles I: King of England
Duration:05:26:49
38. Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor of India
Duration:02:16:34
39. Peter the Great: Tsar of Russia
Duration:05:44:31
40. Nadir Shah: Shah of Persia
Duration:03:10:12
41. Frederick William I: King of Prussia
Duration:02:30:17
42. Catherine the Great: Tsarina of Russia
Duration:09:44:58
43. George III: King of England
Duration:03:05:53
44. Tippu Sultan: Sultan of Mysore
Duration:02:15:57
45. Louis XVI: King of France
Duration:05:38:51
46. Paul I: Tsar of Russia
Duration:02:16:52
47. Maximilien Robespierre: Revolutionary French Leader
Duration:16:16:38
48. Dr José Gaspar Rodríguez Francia: Dictator of Paraguay
Duration:10:50:38
49. Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of France
Duration:13:19:06
50. Agustín de Iturbide: Dictator of Mexico
Duration:03:01:58
51. Ludwig I and Ludwig II: Kings of Bavaria
Duration:12:26:57
52. Shaka: Chief of the Zulu
Duration:03:40:40
53. Juan Manuel de Rosas: Dictator of Argentina
Duration:02:29:57
54. Ferdinand II: King of Naples and Sicily
Duration:01:41:55
55. Hung Hsiu-ch’uan: Warlord of China
Duration:02:36:42
56. Theodore II: Emperor of Ethiopia
Duration:02:12:31
57. Francisco Solano López: Dictator of Paraguay
Duration:12:54:11
58. Antonio Guzmán Blanco: President of Venezuela
Duration:01:59:37
59. Leopold II: King of Belgium
Duration:20:01:48
60. Mwanga: Kabaka of Buganda
Duration:04:03:56
61. Porfirio Díaz: Dictator of Mexico
Duration:03:15:26
62. Tzu-hsi: Dowager Empress of China
Duration:02:45:35
63. Kaiser Wilhelm II: Emperor of Germany
Duration:05:29:57
64. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: Leader of the USSR
Duration:03:11:49
65. Syngman Rhee: President of Korea
Duration:02:42:35
66. Juan Perón: President of Argentina
Duration:04:24:41
67. Josef Stalin: Leader of the USSR
Duration:06:44:36
68. Benito Mussolini: Dictator of Italy
Duration:05:41:17
69. Chiang Kai-shek: Ruler of China
Duration:04:40:22
70. Adolf Hitler: Führer of Germany
Duration:13:02:28
71. António de Oliveira Salazar: Ruler of Portugal
Duration:02:09:30
72. Rafael Trujillo: Dictator of the Dominican Republic
Duration:03:37:42
73. Francisco Franco: Dictator of Spain
Duration:07:03:39
74. Mao Tse-tung: Chairman, Chinese Communist Party
Duration:15:20:25
75. Anastasio Somoza García: Dictator of Nicaragua
Duration:02:27:46
76. Ayatollah Khomeini: Ruler of Iran
Duration:08:05:16
77. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar: Dictator of Cuba
Duration:03:09:12
78. Ngo Dinh Diem: President of South Vietnam
Duration:03:40:06
79. Achmed Sukarno: President of Indonesia
Duration:02:47:17
80. François Duvalier (‘Papa Doc’): President of Haiti
Duration:03:03:45
81. Enver Hoxha: Leader of Albania
Duration:02:56:21
82. Kwame Nkrumah: President of Ghana
Duration:02:32:52
83. Kim Il-sung: Leader of North Korea
Duration:02:21:16
84. Alfredo Stroessner: Dictator of Paraguay
Duration:03:25:22
85. Augusto Pinochet: President of Chile
Duration:04:32:05
86. Ferdinand Marcos: President of the Philippines
Duration:04:32:39
87. Nicolae Ceausescu: Dictator of Romania
Duration:04:22:59
88. Jean Bedel Bokassa: President, Central African Republic
Duration:03:21:06
89. Idi Amin: President of Uganda
Duration:03:09:25
90. Robert Mugabe: President of Zimbabwe
Duration:03:53:08
91. Fidel Castro: President of Cuba
Duration:08:15:17
92. Efrain Ríos Montt: Dictator of Guatemala
Duration:06:31:01
93. Pol Pot: Leader of Cambodia
Duration:05:45:00
94. Mobutu Sese Seko: Dictator of the Congo
Duration:03:36:24
95. Mengistu Haile Mariam: Ruler of Ethiopia
Duration:02:32:10
96. Saddam Hussein: President of Iraq
Duration:05:30:03
97. Slobodan Milosevic: President of Serbia
Duration:07:10:14
98. Muammar al-Gaddafi: President of Libya
Duration:06:27:52
99. Hissen Habré: Dictator of Chad
Duration:03:44:56
100. Samuel Doe: Dictator of Liberia
Duration:03:09:25
Closing Credits
Duration:00:26:21