Suleiman the Magnificent
1566 - Camp Outside Szigetvar
In the camp outside Szigetvár, the most powerful sultan in Ottoman history confronts the campaign he knows will be his last.
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1566 - Camp Outside Szigetvar
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In the camp outside Szigetvár, the most powerful sultan in Ottoman history confronts the campaign he knows will be his last.
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1566 - Camp Outside Szigetvar
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I am still at the marble.
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1785 - Sanssouci
monarchy-and-court
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At Sanssouci, in his last year of clarity, a warrior-king reflects on what Prussia cost him and what it will become without him.
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1820 - Longwood House, Saint Helena
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Exiled to a rock in the Atlantic, a fallen emperor dictates the version of events his enemies will never be able to answer.
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The last pharaoh of Egypt watches her kingdom dissolve, and sets down what Rome will never understand about power.
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