Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: J. C. StobartBinding: HardbackPublished: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA seminal work of historical non-fiction, The Grandeur That Was Rome chronicles the rise and...

Author: PlautusBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: faded jacket, tear on frontPlautus, a master of ancient Roman...

Author: Carlo Maria FranzeroBinding: PaperbackPublished: HERON BOOKS, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical biography The Life And Times...

Author: John LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Epworth Press, 1948Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Reading copy with minimal markings in grey lead. This distinguished...

Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye to unearth unexpected gems, glittering fragments and...

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the best-known figure of the ancient world- the Roman gladiator Bestselling author Harry...

A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over centuries for political, nation-building ends. By Professor Janina Ramirez, bestselling historian and author of FEMINA...

This is a unique book to accompany an extraordinary new exhibition of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th centuries, the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of...

A major reinterpretation of Horace's famous literary manualFor two millennia, the Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), the 476-line literary treatise in verse with which Horace closed his career, has served...

The wall paintings and reliefs of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record a continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems...

The book titled The Fall of the Roman Empire by the author Michael Grant. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Theodosius II (AD 408-450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its...

'The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this history; they are its victims and...

In addition to their famous gods and goddesses, the ancient Greeks also worshiped deceased human beings, including child and baby heroes. Although these heroes played an essential role in Greek...

Modern scholarship tends to focus on the social, political and economic information that can be gleaned from Pindar's treatment of the subject of his victory odes - the athlete who...

With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and...

The book titled The Wisdom of Ancient Rome by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A window onto the past, full of fire and life- two immortal traditions as the English language has never seen them before SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR...

Author: P. J. F. CouttsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Victoria Archaeological Survey, Ministry for Planning and Environment, Victoria, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly...

Author: Donald Malcolm Reid Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 516 The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb, close on the heels of Britain's declaration of Egyptian independence, accelerated the...

Beautifully written, evocative, and deeply personal account of what makes the British Isles so special from one of television's best loved historians. ______________ "Everyone should have two copies - one...

Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried in Egypt, but their tombs have never been found despite years of intensive research and excavation....

Author: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest...

Author: P. Vergili MaronisBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN AND CO, LIMITED, 1927Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's writing...

Author: Robert RaymondBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Out Of The Fiery Furnace: The Impact Of Metals On The History Of...

Author: Edited By Robin Lane FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, New Haven, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: "Cancelled" on prelimsThe Long March: Xenophon And The Ten...

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. "The only way...

In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels. In the final century of...

One of the greatest classics of Chinese literature One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to...

Author: R. Allen Brown; P.E. CurnowBinding: PaperbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery OfficeCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative historical account, Tower Of London,...

Author: James W. ErmatingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenwood, 2004Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and stickered...

'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars...

Author: Fiona Robertson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 One of the Telegraph's 'Greatest Books of 2025' 'Superb' Telegraph 'There's a real sense of peace and magic in this beautiful...

Henry thinks he's done with time travel. He's also fed up with his little sister and wants a break. But then he finds himself sent back to Ancient Rome, living...

*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025, SCOTSMAN BOOKS OF 2025, COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* 'Packed with anecdote and colour, it's...

Experience at first hand the spectacular, brutal life and savage death of the most iconic figure of ancient Rome.This manual will take the reader from the first faltering steps over...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books On the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles- godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks....

'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly' Being Happy contains all of the extant writing by Epicurus - one of the most...

A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biographies of the twelve Caesars, by the award-winning historian and The Rest Is History podcaster Tom Holland. The ancient Roman empire was the...

From the award-winning translator ofThe IliadandThe Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in theIliad, begins an incredible...

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein , introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this...

A wide-ranging philosophical and practical guide to incorporating the wisdom of ancient philosophers into daily modern life. How can I live a good life? Who do I want to become?...

334 BC. Alexander the Great is just twenty-one years old when he sets out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world....

Introducing Gladiator School, a new series of novels set in a world of blood, sweat and sand, heated battles and fierce loyalty and fiercer rivalry. Young Lucius's privileged life is...

'At last, a history of the Roman state as it has always been crying out to be told, and never has been!' RODERICK BEATON The greatest empire in Western history...

????? BORN TO RULE. BLESSED BY FIRE. BROKEN BY DESIRE... DISCOVER THE NEW ROMANTASY PHENOMENON ????? HOW MUCH IS SHE WILLING TO SACRIFICE TO CLAIM HER THRONE? A powerfully blessed...

????? BORN TO RULE. BLESSED BY FIRE. BROKEN BY DESIRE... DISCOVER THE NEW ROMANTASY PHENOMENON ????? HOW MUCH IS SHE WILLING TO SACRIFICE TO CLAIM HER THRONE? A powerfully blessed...

A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War , paired with a brilliant introduction on how to...