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Aemilius Valerius promised Junius Atreus a holiday, and what better place to take one than the glittering resort town of Baiae, as famous for its hot springs and ocean views as it is for its drunken debauchery and moral decay? Not that Valerius and Atreus have time to enjoy any of that, because a young patrician woman is murdered and they are tasked to find her killer.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 IT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH A SACRIFICE... It was a time of brutal tyranny and occupation. Young men and women took to the streets to protest. Dictators put them down with iron force...

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.

Ben, Louisa, Abu, and the 13th Lancers helped fight the Remulan Empire to a standstill. Their reward is to face a looming threat from an army of malevolent aliens bent on the extinction of all other intelligent life. If that isn't daunting enough, major powers, determined to dominate a post-Lamentations world, conspire to control the Earthlings' weapon knowledge or prevent anyone else from doing so, no matter the cost. All the while, Masako languishes, a prisoner to the man who would rule them all.

The Empire has fallen. The Empire must rise. For twenty years civil war has torn the Empire apart; the Imperial line extinguished after the mad Emperor Quintus was burned in his palace, betrayed by his greatest general and oldest friend, Kiva Caerdin. Against a background of war, decay and...

Valerio Evangelisti narra le vicende di alcune famiglie di braccianti e contadini romagnoli dall'epoca post-risorgimentale alle soglie del Novecento. Microstorie che raccontano un pezzo della storia d'Italia: la trasformazione agricola dell'Emilia, la bonifica, l'affermarsi del movimento cooperativo e socialista, la lenta e sanguinosa conquista della democrazia. Tutto viene letto con gli occhi di protagonisti solo in parte consapevoli: Attilio, ex garibaldino dalla vita misera e precaria; Rosa, vittima predestinata ma non docile del potere arrogante; Canzio, ribelle per indole.

On the heels of a failed rebellion by the governor of Germania Superior, Trajan is tasked by Emperor Domitian with a sensitive mission into tribal lands east of the Rhenus. His loyalty and leadership will be tested as he must overcome fierce tribesmen and suspicious plots that threaten to divide his command and put pressure on the Roman frontier. Follow the Legate of the Legio VII Gemina as he navigates an impossible task behind enemy lines with little support from his legion, in the hopes that Domitian will be pleased should he succeed.

Jerusalem — a city on edge. Empires collide, faiths clash, and one execution will alter the fate of the world. But this isn’t the story you think you know. In The Roads to Golgotha, the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth forms the backdrop to an epic human drama. Through the eyes of six ordinary people, we witness history unfolding — not in prophecy or miracle, but in duty, politics, and survival.

From childhood, Tito has seen the unthinkable: a village swallowed whole and lives lost to a cruel disaster no one else can sense. Other visions haunt him too, because they’re not warnings—they’re memories from another lifetime.

For fans of Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, and Simon Scarrow comes a spellbinding tale of adventure and unshakeable friendship from the author of the bestselling Wolf of Corwick Castle Series. If you liked Hadrack of Corwick, you will love Marcus Agrippa!

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...

Rom, im Jahr 44 v. Chr.: Der Bürgerkrieg ist zu Ende, Gaius Julius Caesar hat auf ganzer Linie gesiegt und befindet sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Macht. Nicht wenige fürchten, dass er die Römische Republik beenden und sich zum König krönen könnte. Doch wie lässt sich ein Caesar aufhalten? Widerstand formiert sich, Verschwörer finden zusammen, um Caesar zu ermorden, unter ihnen Marcus Iunius Brutus.

61 n. Chr.: Britannien ist geteilt. Trotz eines ersten Sieges der Römer ist die Glut der Rebellion noch nicht erloschen. Die keltische Herrscherin Boudica und ihre verbliebenen Krieger durchstreifen partisanengleich das Land. Macro und Cato mussten einen hohen Preis in der Schlacht zahlen, unzählige Legionäre sind gefallen, große Städte liegen in Trümmern. Für die beiden kampferprobten Heerführer ist klar: Es kann keinen Frieden geben, solange sie Boudica nicht bezwungen haben.

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...

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.

Valeria Messalina fu una delle donne più temerarie e discusse dell'Antica Roma. Ricordata dagli antichi per la sua lussuria sfrenata, era astuta, intelligente e di grande carisma. Moglie dell'imperatore Claudio, sposata a soli quindici anni, visse nei palazzi di potere dell'impero, condizionando la politica del tempo. La sua fama di meretrix augusta, formula coniata da Giovenale, nasconde volontariamente il vero cuore tragico della sua storia: seppe esercitare influenza e potere in un mondo che non concedeva spazio alle donne, e pagò l'ambizione dimostrata con la damnatio memoriae.

In the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code, this is a breath-taking, all-action adventure from the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper. This page-turner will take through the myths and legends of lost civilisations and into the heart of an ancient mystery...If you like Dan Brown, Clive...

It is 741. Only one thing stands between Charles the Hammer and the throne—he's dying. Despite his best efforts, the only thing to reign after Charles's death is chaos. Son battles son, Christianity battles paganism, and Charles's daughter flees his court for an enemy's love.

One of today's foremost historical novelists, Cecelia Holland explores the strange and enduring mystery of Stonehenge, one of the true wonders of the ancient and modern world. A breathtaking speculation, Pillar of the Sky is an unforgettable tale brimming with action, colorful characters, vivid detail, intelligence, and wonder, while presenting a possible history of the man-made miracle on Salisbury Plain that confounds scientists, scholars, and archaeologists to this day.

There are anxious words to describe being in unfathomable trouble. A feeling of pressure, an emotion of being in over-your-head, and a sense of being smothered. Legion Centurion Alerio Sisera was drowning in the sea and experiencing all of them. From black, to gray, to green water overhead, Alerio transitioned through the ocean layers as he swam upward. Lungs screaming for air, and his chest heaving, his body threatened to take in a breath. It became a competition between the urges of his lungs