The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore

1344 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
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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, Morocca...

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