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The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire’s Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was …
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The epic story of the inevitable fall of Rome's gloryIn The Fall of the Roman Empire, Peter Heather skillfully weaves a captivating tale of an ancient and long-lasting superpower …
The Holy Roman Empire
Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised …
The Last Viking
A rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, the man who inspired the hit Netflix show "Vikings: Valhalla".'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it …
The Lost World of Byzantium
A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval world’s greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East …
Latin Inscriptions
Illustrated with the best examples of inscriptions from the British Museum's Roman collection, this book explores the meaning of putting up public inscriptions and the standardised …
Invisible Romans
Robert Knapp seeks out the ordinary people who formed the fabric of everyday life in ancient Rome and the outlaws and pirates who lay beyond it. They are the housewives, …
The Eagle and the Lion
'Epic history as it is meant to be written!' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A sweeping and panoramic account of the first great superpower rivalry – a definitive account.' Tom HollandThe …
Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic Education
This book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism. It also explores Wilde’s thoughts on education and considers the …
The Goths AD 200–700
An illustrated study of Rome’s key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Visigoths and the eastern Ostrogoths. The Goths were a Germanic people who, under …
Maktkampen om påfågelstronen: Tronföljdskriget i Stormogulriket (1657-1660)
I SEPTEMBER 1657 insjuknade den rikaste personen i världen, stormogulen Shah Jahan, som var den enväldige härskaren i Stormogulriket. Shah Jahan var den som byggde det berömda …