What did Alexander the Great envy? What did the famous Dumas keep silent about regarding Anne of Austria? What mattered most of all to Attila? Who betrayed Napoleon Bonaparte? The life stories of the most fascinating and vivid rulers—told by the well-known historian Natalia Basovskaya—are gathered in this audiobook. Heroes, villains, fateful women, lords of half-the-world, and rebels loved, hated, fought, lost, and won many years ago, but their fates still fascinate us to this day.