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Gifford, Clive

10 Kings & Queens Who Changed the World

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by David Cousens. This collection of short biographies highlights ten ancient-culture and European rulers, from Hatshepsut and Alexander the Great to Louis XIV and Catherine the Great. Comic-style illustrations spice up the otherwise dry (if informative) text, but they make the pages, which also include maps and boxed captions, look very cluttered. Glos., ind.

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