Ancient History & Archaeology

Have you ever wished you could travel back to ancient Greece? To a world of epic myths and brilliant thinkers? When grand temples stood tall and mighty gods roamed Mount...

Time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash must fight gladiators in Ancient Rome in this hilarious full-colour graphic novel. Fans of Bunny vs Monkey or InvestiGATORS will love it. 'You'll laugh your...

Professor Angie Hobbs proves in this persuasive and intelligent book that Plato is more relevant than ever. Does Plato matter? An ancient philosopher whose work has inspired and informed countless...

The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. RUBICON...

With war on the horizon in medieval Ireland, everything is at stake for mortal and magical folk alike. The third volume in the critically acclaimed GAEL SONG historical fantasy series....

Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future Roman...

The Old English epic poem Beowulf has an established reputation as a canonical text. And yet the original poem has remained inaccessible to all but experienced scholars of Old English....

Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 'Impressive' Sunday Times 'Audacious' Scotsman 'Beautifully written' Michelle Paver What the years have buried is about to be exposed... The gloomy fortress of...

'The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues' KEN FOLLETT 'Revelatory... fascinating... [and] wholly convincing' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Compelling ... a magisterial history' NEW YORK TIMES...

OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A SUNDAY...

'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we...

"An engrossing study." Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2025 A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal...

"An engrossing study." Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2025 A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal...

Enriched by extraordinary first-hand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire. In January 1945, the...

A dramatic retelling of the final years of the Western Roman Empire and the downfall of Rome itself from the perspective of the Roman general Stilicho and Alaric, king of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 ' Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' Guardian 'There is...

Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us 'hypocrite'; sometimes beautiful - an astronaut is literally a...

Telling the compelling story of western philosophy from Plato to Nietzsche, Mark Anderson presents a series of through-provoking interpretations of its major figures. Anderson traces western thought through the conflict...

A Student Edition of Euripides' play, which accessibly unpacks Greek tragedy in its social context, issues of translation and adaptation, and performance approaches over the centuries. Euripides' play Medea was...

*ELODIE HARPER'S FIRST STANDALONE NOVEL, BOUDICCA'S DAUGHTER, OUT NOW* Shortlisted for Pageturner of the Year at the British Book Awards A Waterstones Book of the Month Winner of the 2022...

The beginning of an epic historical fantasy series that reveals the hidden celestial battle behind the course of history. HISTORY BELONGS TO THE CONQUERORS - BUT THE FUTURE IS FORGED...

SIMON TURNEY'S THRILLING NEW ROMAN NOVEL AGRICOLA: CONQUEROR AVAILABLE NOW! A thrilling Roman historical adventure in a series based around one of the most renowned and intriguing figures of Ancient...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the wilderness of Sinai to the dawn of the Christian era, A Short Religious History of Israel...

Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedOne of the most provocative and enduring questions in human history — who was Jesus of Nazareth? — receives a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the Sicilian sun, the ancient floors of the Villa del Casale whisper stories of Roman imperial grandeur...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the streets of Rome lies a world that most will never see — a labyrinthine network of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStone speaks where voices have long fallen silent — Athenian Democracy: Speaking Through Its Inscriptions is a landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew civilisations have captured the human imagination with such enduring intensity as ancient Egypt — a world of monumental gods, sacred rites, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew books bridge the ancient and the modern world quite like Atlas of the Bible, a landmark geographic and historical companion to one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew civilisations have cast as long a shadow over human thought, art, and governance as those of Greece...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodBefore recorded history cast its long shadow over the ancient world, the peoples of early Europe raised colossal monuments...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew artistic traditions capture the spiritual intensity and visual grandeur of the Byzantine world quite...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the height of their power, the Persians ruled the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the first flint-knapped axe to the microprocessor revolution, The History of Invention: From Stone Axes to Silicon Chips is a sweeping chronicle of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodWhen Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it did not merely destroy two Roman cities — it preserved them in volcanic ash for nearly two...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFrom the labyrinthine corridors of Knossos to the blood-soaked arenas of Crete, The King Must Die plunges the reader into the ancient world of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRising from the Aegean Sea at the very heart of the Cyclades, the sacred island of Delos stands...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodLocked within the vaults of the British Library lies one of the most remarkable cartographic treasures of the medieval world — a sweeping, hand-drawn...

In The Shinar Directive, we journeyed down the Luciferian rabbit hole to discover the matrix of darkness that has engulfed our planet. It would seem that esoteric societies have nearly...

Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese military history. Here he applies his scholarship to an account of the evolution of Japanese defensive...

DAY OF THE CAESARS is the latest gripping novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell....

"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph "sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazine Control...

Anthony Johnson reveals in this astonishing book that the clues to the enigma of Stonehenge lie not in the surrounding landscape, as modern archaeological enquiry would have us believe, but...

Non-fiction thriller about the infamous Ancient War Did the Trojan War really happen? Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated Hittite texts reveal that...

In the last devastating months of the First World War, the British Fourth Army pursued the Germans to their final defensive position - the Hindenburg Line, a formidable series of...

The book titled Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn: The by the author Douglas Dowell Scott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

For twenty-three years, Clive Cussler's NUMA (R)-the National Underwater & Marine Agency-has scoured the rivers and seas in search of lost ships of historic significance. His teams have been inundated...

The book titled Who's Who in Mythology by the author Alexander Stuart Murray. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.