ISBN0241284422 (hardcover)
9780241284421 (hardcover)
数量xx, 499 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ; 24 cm.
一般注記Being an emperor -- Cradle of empire : the Ancient Near East and the world's first emperors -- The Persian emperors and Alexander of Macedon -- The Roman imperial monarchy -- Ashoka, India and the origins of Buddhism -- The origins of Chinese emperorship -- Nomads -- Imperial civilization and Chinese tradition : the Tang and Song Dynasties -- The Islamic Caliphate : the ultimate universal empire -- Charles V and Philip II : the first global Emperors -- Emperors, caliphs and sultans : the Ottoman Dynasty -- The Mughals : India's greatest dynasty -- China's last dynasties : the Ming and the Qing -- The Romanovs : dynastic, Russian, European and Eurasian emperors -- Europe on the eve of modernity : the Habsburgs, the French Revolution and Napoleon -- Emperors and modernity : 1815-1945.
First published in the US by Viking, 2022.