Biography

Lenin: the most important politician in history? Your Guide presents a biography of the frequently misrepresented Lenin.

Lists of kings, queens, emperors, Popes and heads of state.

This page details the major dictators from Europe’s recent history.

Slobodan Milosevic was the Serb leader who, perhaps more than any other single person, caused the Wars of the Former Yugoslavia.

A biography of Nazi organizer Adolf Eichmann.

King John remains one of England's most unpopular monarchs. Your Guide explains why.

Pauline Bonaparte was the favorite younger sister of French Emperor Napoleon.

We know which cemetery Mozart is buried in, but we aren't sure where his grave is, giving rise to certain false beliefs about the composer.

Was the infamous Elizabeth Báthory really guilty? Possibly not...

Josip Broz was better known as Tito, and he led Communist forces within Yugoslavia during World War 2 and afterwards.

Radovan Karadzic was Bosnian Serbs' civilian leader during the Wars of the Former Yugoslavia.

King Richard I of England was praised for centuries, but then historians took a far dimmer view...

Eleanor of Aquitaine was queen of both England and France in the twelfth century.

A biography of Elizabeth II, one of the longest reigning monarchs of Britain.