I was gonna post this on /lit/ but I guess it's more relevant

Mein Kampf

>>2499282
1. he wasn't a monarch
2. mein kampf is not worth checking out unless you study marketing

James I did a treatise on witchcraft

>>2499276
pic related is pretty damn good desu, might be top of the list. a lot of what they wrote are dull administrative guides or military manuals, though there are a few standouts beyond that. if you expand it to 'statesmen' the list gets a whole lot better. from what i've read:

the gallic war and the civil wars by julius caesar are alright, even they are just pretty much propaganda.

the alexiad by anna komnene is worth a read too. not written by a monach directly, it was written by the eldest daughter of byzantine emperor alexios I komenos. worth a read if it fits your criteria

the extinction of pauperism by emperor napoleon III is worth a read too. despite his blunders at the end of his reign, the dude lived a wild life and was a smart and ambitious man. the extinction of pauperism, if you can call it a book at 33 pages, was instrumental into making him so wildly popular. he was not emperor when he wrote it though, so i'm not sure if it counts.

>>2499331
No these are all good suggestions, The Alexiad sounds really cool, never knew about it, thanks I'll check em out.

>>2499287
He's not a monarch, but I've found it interesting because it highlights to me just how warped the mindset of neo-nazis is, and underscores where arguing with them is fruitless (pointing out that Marx was not in fact a Jew is pointless, as they consider it a race rather than a religion, for instance).

>>2499361
Fair point, thought you were shitposting

>>2499361
isn't it the race and not the religion that nazi germany was preoccupied with?

>>2499361
Most Jews on Earth consider it a race and not a religion.

Secular judaism is still judaism.