Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (Women in Antiquity)
By: Celia E. Schultz
4.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Fulvia is the first full-length biography in English focused solely on Fulvia, who is best known as…
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1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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- history
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
3. Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
By: Christopher Paolini
4.10
Format: 748 pages, Hardcover
Oaths sworn... loyalties tested... forces collide. It's been only months since Eragon first utte… read more
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"A true warrior,"-Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
"Die puny human!"-Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
"I already have one Sheepbiter here,"-Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
"Pain is pain. It needs no description."-Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
4. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the know… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
5. Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
By: Agatha Christie
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
Nurse Amy Leatheran had a most unusual patient. Louise, according to her husband, celebrated archae… read more
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6. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
7. Cleopatra: A Biography
By: Duane W. Roller
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopa… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
8. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
9. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
By: Anthony Everitt
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transforme… read more
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10. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
By: Anthony Everitt
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more
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11. Pax Romana
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more
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12. Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
By: Christopher Paolini
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
It began with Eragon... It ends with Inheritance. Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Drag… read more
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13. A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)
By: Judy I. Lin
3.83
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was t… read more
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"In the morning, Lian and I tuck into a breakfast of fluffy baozi, fresh from the bamboo steamers of Small Wu’s kitchen m. We pull the dough apart to reveal the filling within — ground pork mixed with…"-Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)
14. The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
By: Pat Barker
3.90
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, which conti… read more
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"Achilles shook him. "Just come back."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Grief's only ever as deep as the love it's replaced."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Sometimes at night I lie awake and quarrel with the voices in my head."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Ik zal nooit vergeten dat zij voor me huilde toen ik dat zelf niet kon."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
15. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
By: Hafsah Faizal
3.57
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more
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"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
16. 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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- history
- nonfiction
17. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
By: Natalie Haynes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
18. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
19. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
20. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
21. The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
By: Elodie Harper
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcom… read more
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"Amara looks at Dido, at the joy on her face, and realises there is nobody she loves more. Warmth spreads through her. She has never had a friend like Dido. She is the light in the darkness of her lif…"-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
"Amara thinks of her time as a slave in Chremes' household. It does not cheer her up to see parallels between her past and that of the destitute old woman beside her. "You didn't start life as a slave…"-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
22. The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
By: India Holton
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse... Miss Charlotte Pettifer belong… read more
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"Madam,"-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"I’m Irish. Being both Catholic and a pirate are almost obligatory."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"Alex did not like bewilderment. He liked smug certainty and hitting things with his sword."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"I meant all the way to Lady Armitage’s house, which will be the climax of our efforts. Once I have my amulet, you can withdraw."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
23. Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus
By: Lindsay Powell
3.83
Format: 685 pages, Kindle Edition
Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, p… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. Cleopatra and Rome
By: Diana E.E. Kleiner
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the full panorama of her life forever lost, Cleopatra touches us in a series of sensational f… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (Women in Antiquity)
By: Celia E. Schultz
4.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Fulvia is the first full-length biography in English focused solely on Fulvia, who is best known as… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
