Ancient

313 AD, and tempers are rising in Rome. The Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena are trying to make sense of the new Christian religion which is spreading through the Empire - but the Christians can't agree among themselves. Scholars are locked in a...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER'Wildly entertaining, deeply affecting' Ali SmithLondinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She's a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair...

Robert Graves's controversial historical novel is a bold reworking of the story of Christ. Here Jesus is not the son of God, but the result of a secret marriage - the descendant of Herod and true King of the Jews. Written from the perspective of a lowly...

Book thirteen of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years. 'A dagger laid against our throat.' ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959043379Author Jeff PepperFormat PaperbackPage Count 662Imprint Imagin8 LLCPublisher Imagin8 LLCWeight(grams) 871gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 34mm

Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, AD 55. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, agents of the Roman Empire receive information about a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic calling himself Paul the Apostle to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910940921Author Melissa AddeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Letterpress PublishingPublisher Letterpress PublishingWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083221908Author Laurens de WitFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint TransconnectPublisher TransconnectWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A Time Of Exile is the first book in The Westlands series - a new entry point into Kerr's magical world, and a continuation of the tale begun in The Deverry series. A hidden history, a destiny fulfilled and a heritage...

The Gospel according to Amelie Jesus is perhaps the most universally known figure in the Western world, yet he remains one of the most obscure. In her reinterpretation of the story of the Passion and crucifixion, Nothomb gives voice to a transgressive...

BOOK ONE IN THE MAGICAL DEVERRY CYCLE Prepare to be spellbound by a sparkling fantasy classic: a tale of adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic. ...

The exciting new historical novel in Mark Knowles' Blades of Bronze series. You've read the myths of Ancient Greece... now see how life really was in the Age of Heroes. Decades after the voyage of the fabled Argo, the last remaining Argonauts are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736967331Author Sarah V BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lilith House PressPublisher Lilith House PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

You've read the myths, now discover what really happened! In this powerful historical adventure set in Ancient Greece, the Argonauts take on mighty Troy, witness the strange skills of Circe, and encounter the unfortunate Sirens. Jason is the second novel...

'Absorbing and brilliant ... Game of Thrones without the dragons' THE TIMES The third book in Sidebottom's epic series set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war. Rome AD238. The Year...

Agrippina, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, was a beautiful and talented woman who saw her father murdered, was banished by her brother, and was killed on the orders of her son. Her freed man, a one-eyed former gladiator named Parmenon, tells of...

"I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions-much good it did me."So begins Kaikeyi's story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643130569Author Conn IgguldenFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 163mm *...

Yehuda from Kerioth was the most able undercover agent that the Temple guard ever produced. After eighteen months of meticulous preparation infiltrating the entourage of a Galilean holy man and would-be king of Israel, Yeshua from Nazareth, he came to...

An exploration of myth, passion and loyalty from the Lebanon's troubled past, The Rock of Tanios is another superbly rich and rewarding novel from the author of Samarkand and Leo the African. Expertly controlling his multi-faceted narrative with prose of...

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane. Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny. As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter...

In the dog days of Rome, a mission to the edge of the world...Drust and Kag, two ex-gladiators, are met with an unusual request. Powerful Servilius Structus sends them deep into Scotland, land of the Caledonii, to find and secure a woman and her young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448308330Author Rosemary RoweFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665589086Author Richard ScholefieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Authorhouse UKPublisher Authorhouse UKWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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Before the Silk Road had a name, nomads roamed the Asian steppes and women fought side by side as equals with men. Like all women of the Sauromatae, Akmaral is bound for battle from birth, training as a girl in horsemanship, archery, spear, and blade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910940976Author Melissa AddeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Letterpress PublishingPublisher Letterpress PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803694849Author Nick BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912863716Author Martin C HaworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Malcolm Down Publishing LtdPublisher Malcolm Down Publishing LtdDimensions(mm)...

Debauchery. Depravity. Decadence. Just everyday life at the imperial palace. Whilst Emperor Nero plays with his new water organ and a cross-dressing eunuch, his wily secretary Epaphroditus manages affairs of state. But dissent and rebellion are...

A Time Of Omens is book two in The Westlands series - a brilliant quartet set in the magical lands of Deverry. The prophecy of the dashing young king who must journey in disguise and the ruler in exile who must take...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999120897Author Vincent B Davis, IIFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Thirteenth PressPublisher Thirteenth PressWeight(grams) 503g

In this exquisite, absorbing historical mystery, Tetisheri, confidant of Queen Cleopatra, must solve a troubling case in ancient Alexandria. Alexandria, 47BC. Cleopatra - seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537734Author Ursula K. Le GuinFormat HardbackPage Count 1000Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838196554Author Ruth MohrmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Cadoc PublishingPublisher Cadoc PublishingWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Duplicity. Degeneracy. Destruction. One Empire. Two Emperors. Only one can survive. Rome, AD 69. Having spectacularly grabbed the imperial throne by way of a very bloody coup, new emperor Otho is horrified to discover another emperor already declared...

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier. AD 105: DACIA The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648272403Author Phil PhilipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Phil PhilipsPublisher Phil PhilipsWeight(grams) 408g

When Cleopatra's most beloved actress disappears, her new Eye of Isis must solve a case that will lead to the darkest corners of Alexandria. From the palaces of Alexandria reigns Cleopatra - seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296135Author Rosemary RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *...