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One of the great books in Western history and the very first work of non-fiction, in Tom Holland's compelling new translation The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half...

The book titled Tales from Herodotus by the author Herodotus. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

What is history and how should it be written? This important new anthology contains all the seminal texts that relate to the writing of history in the ancient world The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of history and literature stands a body of writing that shaped Western civilisation's understanding of...

Author: Dr Stephen P. Kershaw Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative' PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History...

An essential guide for the discerning time-traveller: take a trip to ancient Egypt at the height of its power and prosperity in the reign of Ramesses II. More reliable than...

An essential guide for the discerning time-traveller: take a trip to ancient Egypt at the height of its power and prosperity in the reign of Ramesses II. More reliable than...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. On a remote, wind-scoured plateau rising above the Dead Sea, nearly a...

'The Life of Herod The Great - like Hurston herself - is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words, treasure for the whole world' Tayari Jones, author...

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

Cassell's History in Quotations is a unique and original collection of quotations as well as an ambitious and wide-ranging work of popular history. The quotations, which cover the key moments,...

WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 'Magnificent' Sunday Times 'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on Sunday The final curtain is closing on the...

?The ultimate book for the book lover from the bestselling co-author of How to Read a Book. This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that...

An epic history of Islam and the Middle East through the cities which best epitomized it Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering,...

Today, the Western world's knowledge of the gladiator-slave Spartacus comes from the Kirk Douglas epic released in 1960. But did Spartacus really come close to changing the structure of the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum stand as the most...

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For the first year of his solitary confinement in Beirut, Terry Waite was given nothing to read. During those days, not only did he write his autobiography in his head,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of the ancient and medieval worlds stands one of history's most transformative figures — Constantine...

Favourite Puffin Classics in beautiful hardback The mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA work of historical and biblical scholarship, Crime Before Calvary: Herodias, Herod Antipas, and Pontius Pilate:...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Discoloured top-edge from age wear, minor scuffing to edge of DJ.From the dust and drama...

Ovid's moving poems on the torments of love In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark work of classical scholarship, The Murder of Herodes: And Other Trials from...

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Author: Thomas CarlyleBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge & son, no date, c.1890Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book combines Thomas Carlyle's influential essays on the nature of heroes...