All these guys lacked sympathy with others. Some clearly were unwell, especially as time passed, and most were paranoid knowing that any one of their loyal followers would do them in, just ask Julius Caesar.
Most of us knew something about all these guys, and they are all men, Thatcher and Catherine the Great appear to have been missed off. Others were less well known, Pol Pot for instance, who knew he died of a heart attack and never faced a court, outside of his own group? Attila the Hun kept attacking simply because he had no choice, his followers wanted the bling stolen but could not create a city state as they were all nomads.
I've enjoyed these almost hour long programmes as the history is quite good usually, at least involving those I knew something about. However, there are one or two annoying features. The narrator has to over dramatise everything all the way through. Historic fact does not require dramatisation, facts speaks for themselves! Also, the first 5 minutes are used as an introduction that is overlong and not required. At the end another few minutes is wasted on the next chapter also! And during the programme music appears in the background, unwarranted and unwanted. Again overdramatic and needless. What is it with people who cannot listen to words without noise in the background? Are we all 12 years olds?
That said, the series is worth a listen, though some programmes are a year old now. If you like your dictators have a listen and see what you think. Real Dictators
