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In The Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes retells the Oedipus and Antigone stories from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked. My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King...

From a ruined land, a hero will rise. Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the world is in chaos. Into the turmoil marches the mightiest war machine in history: the legions of Rome. In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphaned boy must come of age within a tribe he despises...

11 novembre 1918. Dans son village isérois, Rose fête la fin de la guerre en famille avec l’espoir de connaître enfin des jours heureux. Dès le lendemain, son mari est alité par la grippe espagnole qui fait des ravages. Emporté par la maladie, il laisse Rose effondrée et sans ressources. Grâce au soutien de ses voisins et de son frère revenu du front, elle parvient à se faire embaucher au château du village qui reprend son activité thermale après la guerre.

The start of a BRAND NEW, epic adventure series from MJ Porter ⚔️ Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy! After the legends of Arthur, yet before the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, a tribal age of iron and rust ruled. Britain AD540. In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia...

A Forgotten Hero. An Unforgettable Battle. India, 1025 AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India’s northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging. Many of the old...

Savage Birthright is the plight of Princes, usurpers, and those who inherit the burdens of powerful fathers. When extortion draws Alerio Sisera to an Illyrian capital, the Legion officer finds an old adversary who needs his help, a poison kiss from a masked woman during a street festival, and a city full of people who want him dead.

Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, the surrounding countryside lies buried and barren. But the destroyed cities and luxury villas on the Bay of Naples are not utterly lost. Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius are tasked with restoring one villa and identifying any surviving...

In the last days of the Roman Empire a desperate princess and a brutal Gothic warlord forge a dangerous alliance. Julia, only daughter of the emperor of Rome, lives a life of excess and freedom. Wine, philosophy and scandal — she revels in hedonism. But when her father dies and her teenage...

What if Rome never fell? What if Christ never walked the Earth? Step into a world reimagined in The Seven Seeds: Shepherd of Souls, where history takes a daring turn, and the stakes are nothing less than the soul of civilization itself. Torn from the sanctity of the Vatican, Pope Gregory finds himself thrust into an alternate reality—a Rome that never fell, untouched by Christianity, where mythical gods of conquest and power reign supreme.

Há muito tempo atrás, antes mesmo do conceito de tempo, ao norte do mundo, se encontrava o reino de Asgard. Nele viviam deuses e deusas cheios de sabedoria, beleza e paz. Intocados pelo mal, suas vidas eram plenas até que os gigantes de Jotunheim perceberam o seu reino. E o...

'Paman, tolong aku! Tolong aku, Paman!' Suara Xerxes selalu mengiang di telingan Kashva setiap terbangun dari tidurnya. Anak dari perempuan pujaan yang dititipkan kpadanya ketika terjadi penyerangan oleh pasukan Raja Khosrou itu, kini terpisah darinya. Minggu demi minggu dilalui Kashva di...

The line of war elephants scattered the lightly armored Velites. In retreat, the skirmishers filtered through the Legion ranks. Not that it made a difference, but the First Maniple wore heavier armor and grasped bigger shields. But like the Velites, the Legionaries were no match for the enormous beasts. Tusks capped with bronze tips swung, defining the width of destruction expected by each Century. Archers on the backs of the animals launched arrows into the Legion ranks. Legionaries fell from the arrows, were pulled back and off their combat lines. Those were the lucky ones.

In West Britain, King Loarn of the Silures tribe leads a rebellion against their weakened Roman occupiers. Caught in the middle is Faustus, a Roman soldier with maternal ties to the Silures, trapped between loyalty to the army and compassion for his kin.A fragile peace teeters on the brink as a sudden tragedy threatens to escalate tensions, fracturing the relationship between him and his sister Silvia.

Lucio Falerio ha muerto y todo el Imperio llora por el fallecimiento de su mejor senador. Pero no hay tiempo para el duelo: su hijo, Marcelo, tendrá que seguir con el legado que ha heredado para evitar la corrupción de la República, y cumplir con la palabra que dio su padre a los esclavos sicilianos. Con las intrigas políticas a su espalda y la amenaza de los Celtas ante él, Marcelo se adentrará en un camino complicado y sangriento. Mientras, Aquila seguirá inmerso en una búsqueda de identidad que lo llevará hasta los límites del Imperio.

Una novela épica que abre la trilogía de La República. Los dos protagonistas, Aulo Cornelio y Lucio Falerio, son dos jóvenes patricios que tendrán que luchar y vivir para desafiar su funesto destino. Ambos tendrán un papel importante en el futuro que le depara a la República romana: un final lleno de sangre y traición. Los pilares de Roma es novela cargada de acción, amistad y brutalidad que trasladará a los lectores a la antigua Roma.

Bloomsbury presents The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley, read by Sid Sagar A timely reimagining of the story of Dionysus—Greek god of ecstasy, revelry, and ruin—and a captivating queer love story for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra. Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been...

A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire? Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan’s male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles with the court’s cutthroat political maneuvering and stubborn religious fanaticism.

From the beloved author of Love Comes Softly comes an inspiring work of historical fiction about a young Jewish woman, plucked from obscurity and thrust on a perilous journey, only to witness the world’s most life-changing story. Like most young women in ancient Israel, Mary has little control...

In the heart of Rome, danger lurks around every corner as whispers of a new religion spread through the streets. For two orphaned sisters, Tryphosa and Tryphena, life is precarious—they are unmarried, without protection, and deeply devoted to their faith in the mysterious new teachings of Jesus. With the tell-tale symbol of the fish hidden discreetly behind their ears, they live in constant fear of discovery.