Showing results for "Short" in Ancient

Archeologo ed autore di celebri romanzi storici, tra cui la trilogia "Aléxandros", Valerio Massimo Manfredi si cimenta in questo testo inedito con la forma del racconto. Che siano ambientate nell'antica Grecia o nelle corti rinascimentali, ai tempi delle guerre puniche, o in una centrale nucleare all'alba del 2000, queste storie confermano il desiderio costante dello scrittore di rendere la Storia sempre più "vicina" al lettore contemporaneo.

In a land veiled by mists and steeped in history, The Hollow Vale weaves a haunting tale of fate, sacrifice, and the indelible pull of memory. Velden Nan-once Eadgifu-heeds the call of the Wyrd, leaving behind her daughter, Ethelwyn, and the familiar rhythms of life in Elderglen. Under the shadow of the Thorn Tree, where ancient roots coil around secrets long buried, the Spiral turns, binding past, present, and future in unyielding threads.

See how the Egyptian peasant woman creates a new story every moment of her day—women are a crown on our Egyptian heritage.

Ivan Minchov Vazov was born on the 9th July 1850 (although that date is disputed) in the town of Sopot, in Bulgaria, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. After primary education at the local school he was sent to Kalofer to continue his studies and work as an assistant teacher. He later spent a short time in Plodiv where he began to write poetry. Fascinated by literature he abandoned work as an apprentice to move to Brăila, in Romania, where he lived with exiled revolutionaries and befriended the poet Hristo Botev.

No ha habido mayor defensor de los valores de la República romana que Marco Tulio Cicerón, el azote de los corruptos y los enemigos del estado romano.Cuando tras cruzar el Rubicón, Julio César se hizo con el poder, Cicerón, sin miedo alguno a las consecuencias, criticó la tiranía de su mandato, que iba en contra de los valores esenciales de la República.Cuando César fue asesinado y Marco Antonio consiguió controlar al Senado, comenzó a eliminar a todos aquellos que pudieran estorbar sus planes.