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'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.'The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, …
'Twenty-three dagger thrusts went home as he stood there. Caesar did not utter a sound...'This vivid, racy account of the men who wielded absolute power over ancient Rome - …
Textual and historical notes supplement a segment of Plutarch's Lives which covers the rise of Macedonia.
The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola – the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus’ well-loved and respected father-in-law – and the first detailed account …
''Me have that golden gown!''A blameless girl and her monstrous relatives clash over love and money in Balzac's matchless portrayal of greed in a French provincial town. …