In the Shadow of the GodsA dazzling history of the world's emperors, spanning the last thousand years. For millennia, much of the world was ruled by emperorsa handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority, and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice, they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived to being some of the worst and least remarkable. Dominic Lieven's