The Histories by Herodotus; Robin Waterfield (Translated by)
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Oxford World's Classics
A new translation by Robin Waterfield. With an Introduction and Notes by Carolyn Dewald.Herodotus is not only known as the 'father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent ...Show more
The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
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Category: Ancient History
For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, wi ...Show more
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
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Category: Ancient History
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. 'Augustus,' their new mas ...Show more
How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Thucydides
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war Why do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make rig ...Show more
The Norse Myths - Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold by Tom Birkett
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Category: Ancient History
The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, Wagner's Ring Cycle an ...Show more
The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones by Daniel Mendelsohn
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Category: Ancient History
'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most important things you have ever been told.' - Sebastian Barry. Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn's essays and reviews h ...Show more
Thebes - The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge
$62.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History
'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.'Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of Troy.Continuously inhabited for five millennia ...Show more
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower. The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepoli ...Show more
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Jimmy Mullen Newcastle C Ser.
A TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior, The Times'ravishingly lovely' Th ...Show more
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso
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Category: Ancient History
An immersive and entertaining tale based on the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood, from the renowned publisher and writer Roberto Calasso'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more ...Show more
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 by Paul Stephenson
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Category: Ancient History
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome. In thi ...Show more
Saga Land: The Island Stories at the Edge of the World by Richard Fidler, Kari Gislason
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Category: Ancient History
A new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history. This is Iceland as you've never read it before ... Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kári Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who se ...Show more