The Alexiad
By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- classics
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. The Nibelungenlied
By: Unknown , A.T. Hatto
3.82
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reach… read more
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- medieval
- classics
3. Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
By: Jean de Joinville , None , Margaret R.B. Shaw , Geoffroi de Villehardouin
3.82
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages translated by Margaret R. B. Shaw… read more
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- classics
- biography
- history
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
4. The Alexiad
By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting… read more
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- classics
- biography
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
5. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
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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- classics
- biography
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- historical
- nonfiction
7. 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
By: Roger Crowley
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to … read more
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8. The Persian Expedition
By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell
4.18
Format: None pages,
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more
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- classics
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9. The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)
By: Ammianus Marcellinus , Walter Hamilton , Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
4.50
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
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- classics
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10. The Wars of Justinian
By: Procopius , Anthony Kaldellis , None , None , H.B. Dewing
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A fully-outfitted edition of Prokopios' late Antique masterpiece of military history and ethnograph… read more
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- medieval
- nonfiction
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11. The Annals of Imperial Rome
By: Michael Grant , Tacitus
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the pe… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- classics
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12. Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
By: Asser , Alfred the Great , Michael Lapidge , Simon Keynes
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
As King of Wessex, Alfred strove to emulate those kings of the past who, in his own words, had 'suc… read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
- medieval
13. The Golden Ass
By: Apuleius , Jack Lindsay , None
4.30
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
The Golden Assby Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only… read more
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14. The Campaigns of Alexander
By: Aubrey de Sélincourt , Arrian , None
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred y… read more
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15. The Secret History
By: Procopius
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and … read more
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16. Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus
By: E.R.A. Sewter , None
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the po… read more
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17. The Decameron
By: Giovanni Boccaccio , G.H. McWilliam
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the … read more
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18. The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni Mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813)
By: None
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages o… read more
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19. 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
20. The Agricola and The Germania
By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more
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21. A Short History of Byzantium
By: John Julius Norwich
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
"Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recount… read more
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