![]() ![]() Others are lesser-known: Hongwu, who began life as a beggar and founded the Ming dynasty Kamehameha, conqueror of Hawaii Zenobia, Arab empress who defied Rome King Henry of Haiti Lady Murasaki, first female novelist Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan pirate-queen. Some are creative, from Socrates, Michelangelo and Shakespeare to Newton, Mozart, Balzac, Freud, Bowie and Tim Berners-Lee. ![]() Some are well-known leaders, from Alexander the Great, Attila, Ivan the Terrible and Genghis Khan to Hitler, Thatcher, Obama, Putin and Zelensky. From here, Montefiore takes us on an exhilarating epic journey through the families that have shaped our world: the Caesars, Medicis and Incas, Ottomans and Mughals, Bonapartes, Habsburgs and Zulus, Rothschilds, Rockefellers and Krupps, Churchills, Kennedys, Castros, Nehrus, Pahlavis and Kenyattas, Saudis, Kims and Assads.Ī rich cast of complex characters form the beating heart of the story. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. ![]()
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