Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from G…
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1. The Song of Troy
By: Colleen McCullough
4.00
Format: 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was a clash of arms that would echo through the millennia: a hard-fought conflict born of love, … read more
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2. As Meat Loves Salt
By: Maria McCann
3.91
Format: 565 pages, Paperback
In the seventeenth century, the English Revolution is under way. The nation, seething with religiou… read more
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"Speak to me, Jacob, do not play the tyrant. Speak to me."-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
" Violent love eats up what it does love, and is mere appetite. "-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
"Will you still walk with me?’ ‘Would you walk with a bad angel?"-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
"I dig and plough at your command,' I replied, 'but you will not tell me how to shit."-Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
3. The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)
By: Mary Stewart
4.03
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted b… read more
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4. Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from G… read more
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5. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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6. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
By: James Romm
3.33
Format: None pages,
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7. Alexander the Great
By: Robin Lane Fox
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of confl… read more
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8. Alexander: Child of a Dream (Aléxandros, #1)
By: Valerio Massimo Manfredi , None
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
Before his birth, omens foretold that Alexander, son of the warrior-king Philip of Macedonia, was d… read more
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9. Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)
By: Sarah Monette
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Melusine -- a city of secrets and lies, pleasure and pain, magic and corruption -- and destinies lo… read more
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10. The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great
By: Stephanie Marie Thornton
3.77
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
We are the women who loved Alexander the Great. We were lovers and murderers, innocents and soldier… read more
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11. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
12. His Forefathers and Mick
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more
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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
13. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
14. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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"Then wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
15. 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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16. The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
By: Benjamin Woolley
3.62
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King’s Ass… read more
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17. Becoming (Dancing with the Lion #1)
By: Jeanne Reames
4.07
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
Two boys, one heroic bond, and the molding of Greece’s greatest son. Before he became known as Ale… read more
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18. Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2)
By: Jeanne Reames
4.23
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of Alexander before he became “the Great.” Finished with schooling, Alexandros is appoin… read more
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19. The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
By: James Romm
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” ( Booklist ) deep dive into the last deca… read more
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20. The Boy in the Rain
By: Stephanie Cowell
4.07
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-y… read more
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21. Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang, Vol. 2
By: Priest
4.35
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
ENEMIES FROM WITHOUT AND WITHIN Four years ago, Chang Geng and Gu Yun parted in anger. When fate… read more
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