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Award-winning ancient historian, archeologist, and social media sensation Dr. Jess Venner (@lifeinthepastlane_) brings the citizens of Pompeii back to life through a vibrant account of their final day before Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption. While the ruins of Pompeii still stand today, silent and...

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes an opulent 13th century epic retelling of the life of Mercutio before he ever encountered Romeo and Juliet. On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet...

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.

Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

In the first of an extraordinary series from bestseller S.J.A. Turney, the fate of Empire hangs in the balance… Istanbul, 1481: The once great city of Constantine, a strange mix of Christians, Turks and Jews, now forms the heart of the Ottoman empire. The conquest, still a recent memory, means...

In the twilight of an empire and the dawn of a new age, one princess must choose between destiny and desire, tradition and transformation. Born under the sacred Bodhi tree and named for the rarest of flowers, Princess Mrinala of the Gupta dynasty is more than just a symbol of royal grace—she is the key to an empire’s future. As courtly intrigue brews within the golden halls of Pataliputra and foreign armies threaten the borders, Mrinala is thrust into a world of secrets, power, and awakening.

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan. Terwijl een oorlog om de heerschappij over Japan dreigt, raakt Blackthorne verscheurd in zijn loyaliteit, en zijn leven onlosmakelijk verbonden met het land en zijn mensen.

The last thing Titus Orestes wants is to govern the exploited colony known as the Province, the only source of the valuable mineral known as Ore. Nevertheless, when a family oath gone awry presents him with the chance to do some good for its oppressed people, he can’t turn away, even when faced with the animosity of the brooding, handsome Aemon Smelter.

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.

Les sirènes tentatrices, l'infâme cyclope, Circé et ses pourceaux, et bien sûr Ulysse, mari aimant et roi éclairé, qui parvient après mille détours à rentrer chez lui auprès de sa fidèle épouse pour récupérer sa terre et n'en plus bouger… L'entreprise de l'auteur est directe, généreuse et efficace : raconter L'Odyssée aux adultes, en suivant l'ordre des chants, dans une succession de brefs chapitres qui nous content au plus près du texte les aventures des héros et des héroïnes, des déesses et des dieux, mais creusent aussi le sens profond que les contemporains leur donnaient et les leçons que

Babylon, 553 BCE. An ageing priest climbs the ziggurat at dawn and counts the steps, as he has done for forty years. Today, there are more steps than yesterday. Beneath Etemenanki, the great ziggurat that towers over the most magnificent city on earth, something ancient stirs. Something older than Marduk. Older than the names we use for darkness. Something that was sealed beneath the foundations long before the first brick was laid, and has been waiting ever since.

In the shadow of King David's rising throne, as fractured tribes struggle toward nationhood, a new institution takes form: the city of refuge – part sanctuary, part courthouse, part cage.

¿Estás listo para sumergirte en la obra más leída de todos los tiempos? La Odisea, un libro reconocido y aclamado tanto por adultos como por jóvenes alrededor del mundo, te invita a un viaje épico que ha cautivado a la humanidad tanto como su protagonista, el astuto Odiseo. En esta nueva edición, sin gigantes ni cíclopes, pero con una narrativa atractiva, te adentrarás en las profundidades de la imaginación más inquieta. Seguirás a Odiseo, el rey de Ítaca, en su épica aventura de vuelta a casa después de luchar en la guerra de Troya.

When the son of his commanding officer is taken prisoner, young centurion Marcus Corvo is tasked with recruiting men from the underbelly of the Empire to rescue him. Corvo sets about scouring the gladiatorial arenas, prisons and slave markets, for men desperate and tough enough to join him on what is likely to be a suicide mission. The quest will take them to the eastern fringes of the Empire where the prisoner is being held in Armenia.

When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome's famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases. Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by...

As warriors, seafarers, diplomats and traders of the Isles of southern Armorica, the Veneti conducted trade freely from Albion to Byzantium, unhindered for eons. But persuaded and later blackmailed into Roman governorship, their livelihood comes under threat, and some of their kin make the grave error of taking Roman soldiers hostage. Their druid decrees that a great sacrifice is needed to secure the favour of the Gods – and defeat the Romans, who are sure to retaliate.

From the author of the phenomenon Life of Pi, this fabulous novel connects the lives of a foot soldier in the Trojan War with a scholar struggling to make sense of his life in modern-day Oxford The past is never done with: always the song continues Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the...

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Hace más de 4.300 años, un niño subió al trono de Egipto. Se llamaba Pepi II Neferkara y gobernó más tiempo que cualquier otro faraón hasta entonces. Los textos oficiales nos dicen cuánto reinó. Pero no explican por qué. Existe, sin embargo, un documento real: La célebre carta del explorador Harkhuf, conservada por la egiptología, en la que informa al joven faraón de una expedición al sur, cargada de mirra, oro, ébano… y de la captura de un pigmeo traído de tierras lejanas.

Julio del año 133 a. C. Una parte del Senado se dirige al Capitolio, en donde se vota la segunda elección al tribunado de la plebe de Tiberio Sempronio Graco, al que acusan de querer proclamarse rey de Roma. En el tumulto que se forma, Tiberio y trescientos de los suyos son apaleados hasta la muerte.