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"Mosè, primo alpinista, è in cima al Sinai. Inizia così il suo corpo a corpo con la più potente manifestazione della divinità.". Erri De Luca racconta l'eroe Mosè con la grazia del grande scrittore che reimmagina, attraverso la Scrittura, la grandezza sofferente dell'uomo alla guida di un popolo in fuga. "E disse": con questo verbo la divinità crea e disfa, benedice e annulla. Dal Sinai che scatarra esplosioni e fiamme, vengono scandite le sillabe su pietra di alleanza. Nell'impeto di un'ora di entusiasmo un popolo di servi appena liberati si sobbarca di loro.

The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors. The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy’s allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Meanwhile, Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca.

126 d.C. Quando la costruzione del Vallo di Adriano è ormai prossima alla fine, una minaccia oscura incombe dalle terre del Nord. Il tempo del dialogo è tramontato: ogni speranza di pace è stata troncata dal sibilo crudele delle asce. La confederazione dei pitti si prepara a muovere contro le legioni di Roma, decisa a soffocarle nel sangue. In bilico tra due mondi incapaci di conciliarsi, Annio, Giulia, Deirdre e Drest vivranno ore disperate, in cui ciascuno di loro dovrà scegliere una volta per tutte da che parte stare.

Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den.... Amara was once a beloved daughter, until her father's death plunged her family into penury. Now she is a slave in Pompeii's infamous brothel, owned by a man she despises. Sharp, clever and resourceful, Amara is forced to hide her talents. For as a she-wolf, her only value lies in the desire she can stir in others. But Amara's spirit is far from broken. 

Themistocles stands as an archon of Athens: the might of the city is his to command. Yet he is no nobleman, distrusted by many for his modest birthright. For his presumption. But those who stand against him cannot argue with two things: his victories as a warrior and the vast Persian force heading their way. And so Themistocles must fight. To survive the game of politics, to make his name, he must prove himself again and again in battle. On the sea. On land. In the arena of public opinion.

51 BC. In the aftermath of the dreadful siege of Alesia, the tribes of Gaul lie broken and sparse, and yet the fires of rebellion still burn in the hearts of a few. As Caesar and his army continue to pacify the land wherever revolt can be found, a new conspiracy is rising. Lucterius of the Cadurci, survivor of Alesia, seeks to raise a new great revolt, building an army in his homeland, while a small group of dangerous warriors embark upon a secret and dangerous mission to rebuild all that was lost in that great siege.

As princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister, Phaedra, grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur—Minos' greatest shame and Ariadne's brother—demands blood every year.  When Theseus, prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country.

In the year 28 AD the people of Frisia, a previously loyal province, were suffering under the oppression of the Roman magistrate, a former Centurion named Olennius. So blinded by greed had he become that he taxed the populous well beyond their means to produce. Now impoverished and risking starvation, the Frisians did the unspeakable and sought open rebellion as their only means of survival.

Ein Roman voll sinnlicher Wucht, zwischen Legende, Lutherzeit und einem brillant karikierten Politleben der DDR. Weil er Jesus auf dem Weg zur Kreuzigungsstätte nicht vor seiner Haustür ruhen lässt, wird Ahasver, der Schuster von Jerusalem, verflucht, bis zu Jesus' Wiederkunft rastlos auf Erden zu wandern. Stefan Heym, einer der herausragendsten Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts, erzählt den Mythos neu: Bei ihm ist Ahasver ein gestürzter Engel, der die Hoffnung auf Befreiung der geknechteten Menschheit nie aufgibt und in immer neuer Gestalt für eine bessere Welt kämpft.

Sechs mächtige Priesterinnen bewachen die Flamme zum Schutz der ewigen Stadt Rom. Wenn die Flamme stirbt, dann stirbt auch Rom. Sie ist noch ein Kind, da wird Pomponia von Julius Caesar für den Orden ausgewählt. 30 Jahre wird sie als keusche Vestalin dienen, Reichtum, Privilegien, Ansehen und Macht genießen. Doch kaum hat sie ihre ersten Jahre des Lernens absolviert, gerät sie in den Strudel der Ereignisse und findet sich an der Spitze des Ordens wieder. Julius Caesar wird ermordet, Caesar Augustus reißt die Macht an sich.

It’s festival time in Athens, and Philocles is looking forward to the holiday. Visitors are coming from across the Hellenic world for eight days of sporting competitions, musical contests and sacred rites to honour Athena, the city’s patron goddess. Thousands will flock to the Pnyx to be enthralled by three-day performance of Homer’s Iliad, an entertainment unique to the Great Panathenaia. Taking part is the highest honour and greatest challenge for an epic poet. 

124 d.C. Mentre "il Vallo di Adriano" s'innalza sempre più maestoso a separare la brughiera del sud dalle foreste inaccessibili del nord, la tensione tra Annio, Giulia e Deirdre sembra ormai prossima al punto di rottura. Le legioni di Roma sono messe a dura prova, tra attacchi sanguinosi, campagne di riconquista e rivolte di popoli che reclamano la libertà. Tuttavia una nuova speranza inizia a germogliare tra le ceneri, là dove "i canti della Britannia" evocano il sogno di una terra in cui tutti possano convivere.

Las intrigas imperiales continúan sacudiendo los cimientos de Roma y Egipto. Octavio decide eliminar a sus rivales y declara la guerra a Cleopatra. Tras la derrota de Actium, la reina y Marco Antonio huyen a Egipto. Allí, resistiéndose a ceder a las manipulaciones de Octavio, Cleopatra decide poner fin a su vida. Pero nada ni nadie logrará acabar con su leyenda: más allá de la muerte, la figura de la reina del Nilo seguirá seduciendo al mundo a través de los siglos.

La majestuosa reina del Nilo alcanza su madurez humana y política: disfruta de una apasionada relación con Marco Antonio, uno de los hombres más poderosos del momento y, bajo su mandato, Egipto goza de una envidiable prosperidad. Cleopatra cuenta con la ayuda de Marco Antonio para alcanzar aún mayores glorias, pero el camino es arduo y Octavio se anuncia ya como una clara amenaza.

Primera entrega de esta trilogía que nos permite conocer de boca de la propia Cleopatra su verdadera historia: una historia fascinante de ambición, pasión y traición.

Contada con la propia voz de Cleopatra, Las memorias de Cleopatra es una fascinante historia de ambición, pasión y traición en el mundo del antiguo Egipto, que comienza cuando la reina de veinte años busca al hombre más poderoso del mundo, Julio César. Y no termina hasta que, tras haber sobrevivido al asesinato de César y la derrota del segundo hombre que ama, Marco Antonio, planea su propia muerte en lugar de desfilar triunfante por las calles de Roma. 

As competition for the imperial throne intensifies, Constantine and Maxentius realise their childhood friendship cannot last. Each man struggles to control their respective quadrant of empire, battered by currents of politics, religion and personal tragedy, threatened by barbarian forces and enemies within. With their positions becoming at once stronger and more troubled, the strained threads of their friendship begin to unravel.

War is coming - and nothing can stop it... Settled in his small island kingdom, Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile, his warrior friend Eperitus, frustrated at his quiet life, dreams of glory in battle. But when Agamemnon’s fleet appears on the horizon, Odysseus knows that war is upon him. A Trojan prince has abducted Helen of Sparta, and the armies of Greece are gathering. As the greatest heroes flock to the crusade, only one is missing. Odysseus knows that without Achilles, the gates of Troy will never fall.

When Hani, an Egyptian diplomat under Akhenaten, is sent to investigate the murder of a useful bandit leader in Syria, he encounters corruption, tangled relationships, and yet more murder. His investigation is complicated by the new king’s religious reforms, which have struck Hani’s own family to the core.

With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero Augustus commands the Roman Empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and cultural splendour. Although he has yet to produce an heir, his power is absolute. But in the 10th year of his reign, a terrifying prophecy comes to pass and a fire engulfs Rome, reducing entire swaths of the city to rubble. Rumours of Nero's complicity in the blaze start to sow unrest among the populace - and the politicians.