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Vindolanda by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.92Gripping, authentic novel set in Roman Britain from bestselling historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. AD 98: VINDOLANDA. A FORT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. The bustling army base at Vindolanda... -
The Fort by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $11.04From 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... -
The Encircling Sea by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.45From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. AD 100: VINDOLANDA. A FORT ON THE EDGE OF THE... -
The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy 9781789545845
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.29From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, the final book in his authentic, action-packed trilogy set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. AD 117: BRITANNIA. Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is... -
Caesar Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753821589
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived.'A superb achievement' LITERARY REVIEW'Combines scholarship with storytelling to bring the ancient... -
The Fort by Adrian Goldsworthy 9781789545746
Booksplease Price: $25.78From 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... -
The City by Adrian Goldsworthy 9781789545807
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $11.04From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, the second book in his authentic, action-packed City of Victory series set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. AD 114: NICOPOLIS In the arid... -
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28A 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,... -
Beat the Drums Slowly by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.99The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy.Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter... -
Run Them Ashore by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75It's autumn 1810, Napoleon's legions have overrun Spain, and it looks as if Britain is losing the war. Backed by the Royal Navy, the British and their Spanish allies are clinging on to a toe-hold at... -
The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $19.77The Complete Roman Army draws on archaeology, ancient art and original documentary sources to present the most convincing picture ever published of the world's most famous fighting machine. Every... -
Antony and Cleopatra Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753828632
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of Caesar.The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient... -
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29'A thrilling read' Tom Holland 'History-writing at its best' Barry Strauss By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to create an empire that... -
Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $15.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541699250Author Adrian GoldsworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprin -
Augustus: From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $14.38'Masterly' - Robert Harris, author of Imperium 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Ancient Rome' Independent*****Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's... -
Whose Business is to Die Adrian Goldsworthy 9781780227931
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75It's 1811. Wellington has finally driven Napoleon's armies from Portugal, but the cost has been high. Fearing a French counter-attack, the British must rally their tired men and go on the offensive... -
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy 9781541646698
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $35.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541646698Author Adrian GoldsworthyFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint -
Caesar's Civil War: 49–44 BC by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War. Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever... -
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage.The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict... -
The Fall Of The West: The Death Of The Roman Superpower Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753826928
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The Fall of the Roman Empire has been a best-selling subject since the 18th century. Since then, over 200 very diverse reasons have... -
Send Me Safely Back Again Adrian Goldsworthy 9781780220994
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75The third novel in this brilliant Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian, Adrian Goldsworthy.The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot, as the British army... -
True Soldier Gentlemen by Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753828366 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $3.23'[A] Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell novel' Daily MailRaw recruits march under the summer sun. But on distant shores a terrible event is about to sing its siren's song to the true soldier... -
Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry by Adrian Goldsworthy 9781541619951
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $22.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619951Author Goldsworthy aFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint -
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force... -
In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753817896
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in... -
Brigantia: An authentic and action-packed historical adventure set in Roman Britain by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set in Roman Britain. AD 100: BRITANNIA. THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox is the... -
In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire by Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753817896 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $3.22The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in... -
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome Harry Sidebottom 9780861546855
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.00What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David... -
Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325 by Geza Vermes
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.70Geza Vermes, translator and editor of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls and worldwide expert on the life and times of Jesus, tells the enthralling story of early Christianity and the origins of a... -
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars Peter Stothard 9781474620994
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $22.67'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly'Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is about to succeed... -
Kublai Khan by John Man 9780553817188 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $3.23In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeKublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But the true story behind this legend is even... -
Kublai Khan by John Man 9780553817188
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $9.88In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeKublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But the true story behind this legend is even... -
In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.07For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature... -
Lady Of Kynachan by James Irvine Robertson 9780552164573
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Not long after he inherited the Highland estate of Kynachan, young David Stewart was shown, in a dream, the image of his future wife. When, at a ball in Perth, he saw the beautiful Jean Mercer - the... -
Pendragon: A Novel of the Dark Age by James Wilde
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68"Pendragon has all the hallmarks of a traditional historical adventure story . . . However, there is also intellectual heft to this story, with its themes of myth-making and the nature of power."... -
The Gathering Storm by Peter Smalley 9780099513643
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Spring 1791Though deeply disturbed by a terrible incident during his previous commission, James Hayter is nevertheless on the verge of taking command of HMS Sloop Eglantine as Master and Commander... -
The Closing Of The Western Mind by Charles Freeman 9780712664981
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.82The conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity in 368 AD brought a transformation to Christianity and to western civilization, the effects of which we still feel today. Previously, the... -
James Merrill Poems James Merrill 9781841598086
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04James Merrill once called his poetic works 'chronicles of love and loss', and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his life - comic and haunting, exotic and domestic - to... -
Chronicles of the Crusades by sire de Jean Joinville
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37The Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and The Life of Saint Louis by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the... -
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is...