{ "item_title" : "The Obscene Throne", "item_author" : [" Théodore Renn", "Gerardus Baron Von Sachsen "], "item_description" : "History, at its heart, is a tapestry of ambition, brilliance, folly, and cruelty. It is the grand theatre in which empires rise and fall, where kings, dictators, and visionaries carve their names into the stone of time, sometimes with glory, often with blood. Yet for all its weight and consequence, history can also be a story told with humour, with irony, and with human insight. This book seeks to embrace both facets: the terrible and the absurd, the monumental and the intimate.The Obscene Throne is not a conventional history. It does not merely chronicle dates, battles, and decrees. Instead, it is an exploration of human power and folly, an immersive journey through the lives of some of history's most notorious leaders. From ancient emperors to modern presidents, from tyrants whose names strike fear to rulers whose excess borders on farce, each entry seeks to reveal not just what they did, but who they were, or at least how their presence shaped the world around them.To achieve this, we have layered three complementary forms of narrative. First, extensive prose provides the historical scaffolding: facts, context, and careful attention to the consequences of each ruler's actions. Second, monologues give voice to the rulers themselves, offering a glimpse into the egos, ambitions, and self-perceptions that often drove them to acts of brilliance or horror. Finally, poetry illuminates their worlds in metaphor, imagery, and sometimes farcical exaggeration, inviting the reader to experience history as both serious reflection and imaginative play. In these poems, you may find echoes of distant deserts, misty Transylvanian forests, the shimmer of Persian courts, or the tumult of modern city streets, each crafted to evoke the culture, geography, and mood of the era.Our intention is to make history approachable, engaging, and alive for readers of all ages. While the prose is scholarly and precise, the monologues and poetry invite participation, reflection, and occasionally laughter. History, we believe, is not only to be studied, it is to be felt, experienced, and even questioned. By blending narrative, verse, and image, this book transforms what could be dry chronologies into a journey that is as entertaining as it is enlightening. As you turn these pages, you will encounter kings and tyrants, visionaries and megalomaniacs, some loved, some feared, all unforgettable. Some you may despise, some you may pity, and some may provoke laughter even amid horror. The combination of prose, poetry, monologue, and illustration is intended to immerse the reader fully, to reveal the drama and the humanity behind history's shadowed crowns.We invite you, reader, to journey with us through time: to witness the spectacle, to hear the monologues echo across centuries, to linger in the moments where power, folly, and imagination collide. The Obscene Throne is a book of history as it should be experienced: vivid, surprising, unsettling, and alive.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/829/830/9798298304931_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.95", "online_price" : "14.95", "our_price" : "14.95", "club_price" : "14.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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