The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty: Ptolemaic Egypt 330–246 BC
By: John D. Grainger
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I establis…
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1. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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2. Hannibal
By: Patrick N. Hunt
4.26
Format: 999 pages, Hardcover
One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brillian… read more
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3. City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from… read more
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4. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more
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5. The Tyrants of Syracuse: Vol. II, 367-211 BC
By: Jeff Champion
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles for fr… read more
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6. King John
By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more
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7. Pyrrhus of Epirus
By: Jeff Champion
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself th… read more
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8. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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9. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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10. Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
By: Guy de la Bédoyère
3.83
Format: 526 pages, Hardcover
The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the s… read more
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11. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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12. The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome
By: Nick Holmes
4.30
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
It was the fall before the fall. The Roman Revolution describes the little known “crisis of the… read more
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13. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
By: Philip Freeman
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more
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14. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By: Fernando Cervantes
3.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, authoritative history that aims to deepen our understanding of the campaigns and conque… read more
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15. The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty: Ptolemaic Egypt 330–246 BC
By: John D. Grainger
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I establis… read more
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16. The Rise of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 336–250 BC
By: Philip Matyszak
4.28
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left an empire that stretched from the shores of the Ad… read more
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17. Demetrius: Sacker of Cities (Ancient Lives)
By: James Romm
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to su… read more
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18. Greece Against Rome: The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250–31 BC
By: Philip Matyszak
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander th… read more
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19. The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War
By: Tristan Hughes
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
At around 4:00pm 11 June 323 BC in Babylon, Alexander the Great breathed his last. He left one of t… read more
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20. Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome
By: Dexter Hoyos
4.00
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military histo… read more
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