Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives)
By: Philip Freeman
4.15
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip F…
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1. King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England 1016
By: W.B. Bartlett
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut and his equal… read more
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2. The Pentagon's Brain
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more
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3. The Audience
By: Peter Morgan
3.78
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve prime ministers in a weekly audience at Buc… read more
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4. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
By: Seneca , James Romm
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more
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5. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
6. Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade
By: Anthony Kaldellis
4.23
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: f… read more
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7. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
By: Peter Sarris
4.29
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian Justinian is a radical reassessme… read more
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8. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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9. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
By: Stuart A. Reid
4.40
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more
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10. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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11. The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World
By: Paul Strathern
3.83
Format: 336 pages, ebook
An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philoso… read more
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12. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
By: Catherine Nixey
4.06
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and… read more
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"Un mártir podía empezar el día de su muerte como una de las personas de más baja categoría en el imperio y acabar como una de las más eminentes en el cielo."-Catherine Nixey, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
"El cristianismo contó a las generaciones posteriores que su victoria sobre el viejo mundo fue celebrada por todas, y las siguientes generaciones lo creyeron."-Catherine Nixey, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
"For every classical work that sat comfortably with Christian minds and morals, there was another that grated unbearably on them. ‘Carmen 16’ by the poet Catullus was a particular thorn. This poem ope…"-Catherine Nixey, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
"The very memory that there was any opposition at all to Christianity faded. The idea that philosophers might have fought fiercely, with all they had, against Christianity was – is – passed over. The …"-Catherine Nixey, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
13. Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
By: John Coleman Darnell
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut… read more
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- religion
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14. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
By: Eckart Frahm
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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15. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
16. Homer and His Iliad
By: Robin Lane Fox
4.17
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer… read more
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17. The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 250 BC - 400 AD
By: Charles Freeman
3.97
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers durin… read more
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18. Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
By: Eleanor Parker
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Excellent." BBC History Magazin… read more
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19. Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives)
By: Philip Freeman
4.15
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip F… read more
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20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
