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Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body by Caroline Vout
RRP: $48.75$43.27WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC RUNICMAN AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin Francis 'Vout... -
Roman Britain by Ordnance Survey 9780319263259
RRP: $15.58$11.29The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. The Roman Britain Map provides the ideal overview of nearly 400 yearsof history, during which Britain was a part of the Roman Empire. This map covers the whole of Great Britain... -
Selected Works by Cicero
RRP: $21.43$15.15Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators, Cicero's Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin Classics.Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero... -
The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus
RRP: $15.58$11.56The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists... -
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
RRP: $21.43$15.15The 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 of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of... -
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by David Womersley
RRP: $25.33$18.51Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto... -
The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories by Philip Matyszak
RRP: $29.23$19.11This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life. Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece and Rome, the book features an engaging blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient... -
Wales from the Air: history in the hills by Paul R. Davis 9781910839690
RRP: $39.00$32.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839690Author Paul R. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
London's Hidden Walks Volume 4 by Stephen Millar 9781902910680
RRP: $23.38$16.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902910680Author Stephen MillarFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Metro Publications, N1Publisher Metro Publications, N1Weight(grams) 105g -
Testament by Wilbur Smith 9781838776350
RRP: $42.90$28.68An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith.FROM THE RUINS OF BATTLEA HERO MUST RISEFOR THE GLORY OF EGYPTYears of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been... -
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca 9780141395852
RRP: $29.23$21.35Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the most insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the... -
The Histories by Herodotus 9780199535668
RRP: $21.43$15.93Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the... -
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (Collins Classics) by E. M. Berens
RRP: $5.83$5.50HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'This was the slaying of the Minotaur, which put an end forever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the... -
Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt by Campbell Price
$15.05If all the portable artefacts of Ancient Egypt were in a single location, the lives of students, historians and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler - but the objects are scattered in museums and collections all over the world. This book brings... -
The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson
RRP: $38.98$27.98The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, worshipped for over half of recorded history, are among the most fascinating and complex of any civilization. Here is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian... -
Attila The Hun by John Man
RRP: $21.43$15.15The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals... -
The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History by Colin McEvedy
RRP: $25.33$17.73The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D., it is one of the most successful of the... -
The Little Book of World Mythology: A Pocket Guide to Myths and Legends by Hannah Bowstead
RRP: $13.63$9.75Step into a world of gods, heroes and monstersThroughout history, mythologies have been fundamental to societies and cultures across the world. They are the collected stories of a people - the fascinating folk tales and the epic legends that shape the... -
The Complete Roman Legions by Nigel Pollard
RRP: $38.98$26.81The legions of Rome were among the greatest fighting forces in history. For almost half a millennium they secured the known world under the power of the Caesars. This pioneering account gathers together the stories of each and every imperial legion,... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations by John Haywood
RRP: $25.33$17.73This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of... -
Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction by Emma Nicholson 9780192866769
RRP: $195.00$176.48Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction offers a historiographical and literary study of Polybius' portrait of Philip V and aims to advance our knowledge of both the Macedonian king and the historian. It takes a... -
Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
RRP: $19.48$13.26Here is an informative and entertaining guide to everything that any tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Rome in AD 200. You need only pack your imagination and a toothbrush - this guide provides the rest, describing all the best places... -
Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Sarris
RRP: $17.53$12.89After surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for a thousand years. In this Very Short Introduction Peter... -
A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards 9780856982514
RRP: $57.53$48.34"This is the most important of my books, and the one by which I most hope to be remembered - if I may hope to be remembered at all!" Amelia B Edwards, 1877. A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 31 and 34: Greek Religion and Democracy and the Athenians by Athina Mitropoulos
RRP: $29.23$26.40This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 31 and 34 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Component Group: Greek Religion by Athina Mitropoulos and... -
Groovy Greeks (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702312410
RRP: $13.63$9.05Discover all the foul facts about the history of the mythological land with history's most horrible headlines: Greek edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the Groovy Greeks. From why girls... -
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World by Hugh Bowden 9780500297278
RRP: $29.23$19.11A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras. Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis,... -
Callanish and Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides: And Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides by Gerald Ponting 9781904263081
RRP: $11.68$8.01On the remote north-western Isle of Lewis stands one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in the world, a stone circle forming part of a huge Celtic Cross, built over four thousand years ago. Behold Callanish! This small book, packed with fine... -
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
RRP: $21.43$14.27Did you know that the word 'prestige' derives from the Latin word for 'illusion'? Or that 'infantry' stems from a Latin word meaning one who could not speak? In this original and highly entertaining book, Peter Jones reveals the roots of Latin words that... -
Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction by Trevor Bryce
RRP: $17.53$12.58The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly... -
Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
RRP: $48.73$39.86A Spectator 2023 Book of the Year Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an... -
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes 9781529089486
RRP: $39.00$27.87Get ready to meet the goddesses.In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it's time to look... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero by Sally Knights
RRP: $29.23$28.35This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the Hero (Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's... -
Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery by Honor Cargill-Martin
RRP: $54.58$38.24This is the story of Messalina - third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. The scandalous image of the Empress Messalina as a ruthless and sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work... -
Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind by Graham Hancock
RRP: $25.33$17.73From the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, and creator of the explosive Netflix series, Ancient Apocalypse____________________________________'Supernatural: of or relating to things that cannot be explained according to natural laws.''As... -
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $29.23$21.35AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an... -
Latin for the Illiterati: A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language by Jon R. Stone 9780415777674
RRP: $38.98$34.50This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions), dicta (common phrases... -
The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss 9780753826980
RRP: $19.48$13.26The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with kitchen knives. It grew into a full scale rebellion... -
The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith
RRP: $39.00$16.26BOOK 1 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The... -
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $21.43$15.15A beautifully produced account of the history and importance of Hadrian's Wall, by a bestselling author and expert on Ancient Rome. Located at the far-flung and wild edge of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall was constructed by Emperor Hadrian in the...