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Diese Hörbuch-Edition vereint zentrale Werke des antiken griechischen Theaters – Texte, in denen sich die Grundfragen menschlicher Existenz erstmals in dramatischer Form verdichten: Schuld und Verantwortung, Macht und Moral, Liebe und Gewalt, Individuum und Gemeinschaft. Entstanden im Athen des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., treten Tragödie und Komödie hier in einen spannungsreichen Dialog.

Seeing signs that he might be the long-awaited Mashiach, Yeshu and his wife Miri travels to Jordan to find out if his mother's prophecy about him might be true. Getting cold feet at the last moment, however, he camps out in the desert just short of the river. There are signs enough in his life, but massive reasons for doubt as well. While he ponders his future, highwaymen pursue him in the night. From the other side of the river, friends go out in search of him. Who will reach the camp first? If he is spared, what will he decide?

“The Lost Ninth Legion" plunges listeners into the heart of ancient Rome’s greatest enigma: the mysterious disappearance of Legio IX Hispana. Through vivid, immersive storytelling, the book gives voice to the soldiers who forged Rome’s destiny with every step, depicting their courage, camaraderie, and the relentless trials they faced as they marched across hostile frontiers. Steel clashed on battered shields as the Ninth braved howling storms, midnight ambushes, and the eerie silence of foreign forests where unseen eyes watched from the darkness.

'A brilliant retelling of the epic legend from an historical novelist at the top of his game!' SIMON SCARROW, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'Anthony Riches is a writer at the peak of his power. Swords of Troy is a superb retelling of one of history's greatest stories, a masterful...

An urbane Roman landowner and merchant is intrigued by the Christian faith―but is he willing to give up his status and lifestyle to join the church? Meanwhile his young client, a catechumen in the church at Rome, is beginning to see just how much his newfound faith will require of him.

Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father, King Vortigern – The High King of Britain. With Woden's spear, Vortimer believes God has chosen him to lead an army south to banish the Jutes once and for all from Britain's shores. In a desperate fight for survival, Octa and the Jutish warlords, Hengist and Horsa, are trapped on Thanet, their island home, as Prince Vortimer's army surrounds them. With dwindling numbers, their only hope is to send for reinforcements, but winter is upon them, and the journey will be perilous.

Flavius Maximus has declared himself emperor and crossed into Gaul. The civil war with Gratian has been short, and the rightful ruler of the West lies in an early grave. Now two men face off across an empire. Theodosius in the east, his armies large but reliant on mercenaries. Maximus in the west, his forces small, but battle hardened and loyal to a fault. In the middle of the chaos, at the heart of a dying world, two old friends march at the heads of opposing forces.

This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is...

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a...

Cette œuvre est à la fois roman, histoire et poésie. En imaginant les Mémoires d'un grand empereur romain, l'auteur a voulu "refaire du dedans ce que les archéologues du XIXe siècle ont fait du dehors". Jugeant sans complaisance sa vie d'homme et son œuvre politique, Hadrien n'ignore pas que Rome finira un jour par périr, mais son réalisme romain et son humanisme hérité des Grecs lui font sentir l'importance de penser et de servir jusqu'au bout.

See how the Egyptian peasant woman creates a new story every moment of her day—women are a crown on our Egyptian heritage.

Aquiles, el gran guerrero griego, se enfurece con Agamenón, el líder del ejército, y decide ausentarse de la batalla contra Troya. Sólo luego de la muerte de Patroclo, su mejor amigo, volverá a pelear desatando así el principio del fin para los troyanos. La cólera de Aquiles, la fuga de Helena con Paris, y la venganza de Menelao entre otras historias, se entrecruzan en este clásico de la literatura universal, donde los hombres luchan por su gloria y los dioses juegan con su destino.

An der wilden Küste landen die mächtigen Legionen Roms. Für den ehrgeizigen jungen Tribun Gaius Julius Maximus stellt sich erstmals die größte Herausforderung seines Lebens. An der Seite des erfahrenen und unerbittlichen Zenturio Brutus führt er seine Männer in unbekannte Gefilde. Auf der anderen Seite erhebt sich Caratacus. Der charismatische Krieger und listige Stratege will sein Volk vor der römischen Übermacht schützen. Eine gnadenlose Schlacht entbrennt. Disziplin trifft auf Wildheit, eiserne Entschlossenheit auf grenzenlosen Freiheitswillen.

This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear.

El asesinato de Sócrates recrea magistralmente la época más extraordinaria de nuestra historia. Madres que luchan por sus hijos, amores imposibles y soldados tratando de sobrevivir se entrelazan de un modo fascinante con los gobernantes, artistas y pensadores que convirtieron Grecia en la cuna de nuestra civi-lización.

Im Frühling des Jahres 324 v. Chr. erreicht Alexander mit den Resten seines Heeres Susa. Alexander hält ein fürchterliches Strafgericht unter Statthaltern, Richtern und Steuerverwaltern ab, die seine lange Abwesenheit in Indien zur Bereicherung ausgenutzt hatten. Auch das Diadem aus dem Kyrosgrab wurde gestohlen. Der Dieb befindet sich noch unentdeckt mitten im Heer.

An epic re-creation of the exhilarating and mysterious time when the Sun King ruled Egypt, Ramses, the Son of Light, has become the rage in France. With over two million copies sold, it is the greatest publishing phenomenon to hit the shelves there in 20 years. Rameses is only 14 when his father, the Pharaoh Seti, begins testing his true mettle. Being the younger of two sons, the proud Ramses has a problem with being relegated to second place.

The fate of a fractured and embattled nation hangs by a thread. Lord Beornoth, the Viking-killer lives on, beset by the ravages of age and tortured by his past. At the King's bequest he is plunged into the brutal twilight of Saxon rule, where loyalty, courage, and sacrifice are tested on blood-soaked fields. Armies clash and the throne of England becomes the ultimate prize. In the face of a Viking invasion, Beornoth faces his greatest battle in this unflinching fight through the last days of Saxon England.

In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults.

In ancient Israel, soon after Nessa is of marriageable age, her father gives her to a wealthy widowed friend, capitalizing on her beauty to bring in the highest bride-price he can find. Nessa is devastated, as she had begged to marry Lavi, who returned her love and saw more in her than her appearance. But Nessa's betrothal leads to Lavi's departure, compounding her grief, and she can never forget her forbidden first love.