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Iron Age of India … around 900 B.C.E. Born in the arms of the Ganga, Vasu grew up in the raging province of Anga. His life shaped by a fate that failed to be just—neglected by his own, stripped of his birthright—he was raised to be lost in an abyss of desires and disappointment. Cursed by his guru, hurt by the only woman he loved, ostracised from society for being the son of a suta. With his only armour—hope—he ventured on an unforgettable journey. Alone. This is Vasu’s tale of survival, of endurance, of abiding courage in the face of all adversities.

It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers . . . Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the...

Cowardice in a legionary carries a heavy punishment: the sentence of decimation—to live or die at the whim of the gods with the unlucky ones clubbed to death by their fellow soldiers. Ursus, the man killed in Quintus's group, lays a heavy charge on the youth, asking him to look after the remaining men and to take care of his family back in Rome.

It is AD 312. Rome teeters on the brink of war. Constantine's army is on the move. On the Rhine frontier, Brandulf Rex, a pagan Germanic barbarian, joins the Roman army as a spy and special-forces operative. Down in Rome, Junia Flavia, the lovely and pious daughter of a nominally Christian senator, finds herself embroiled in anti-Christian politics as she works on behalf of the church.   

Set in the years before the Battle of Hastings, the story follows the trials and tribulations of Aelfraed, a young boy who aspires to be a warrior. When his uncle, Aethelward, takes him to join the warriors of Harold Godwinson, his life is irrevocably changed. Fighting the Welsh brings him great honour and when he saves the life of Edward the Confessor, he becomes a man of great reputation. The novel culminates in the battle of Stamford Bridge when the Housecarls defeated the last of the Vikings, Harald Hadrada.

Rome, 107 BC. Quintus Sertorius just lost his father, and he may lose his home. When his rural village is stripped of its political status, he must leave his family to secure their food and protection from inside Rome's cutthroat government. As he transitions from countryman to politician, he's thrust into the middle of a bitter political war…. As Quintus struggles to gain the aid his village so desperately needs, he approaches Gaius Marius, the uncle of Julius Caesar himself.

An orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in "an adventurous and inspiring tale" (Library Journal). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift - an acute sensitivity to impending death - never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.

Brought to you by Penguin. Devour the latest epic tale of ancient Greece and Sunday Times top 5 bestseller from the author of War of the Roses. On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . . Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal...

Der Sklave Omar beschützte seinen Herrn auf der Jagd vor einem Löwen. Als Dank erhält er dafür die Freiheit – und einen Wunsch. Doch als er sich wünscht, mit der Tochter seines Herrn, Melikae, vermählt zu werden, erwartet ihn ein grausames Schicksal. Auch wenn sie ihn nicht liebt, befreit Melikae Omar, und sie fliehen gemeinsam mit der Salzgängerin Neraida in die Salzwüste.

На смену миру богов пришел мир людей. И хотя боги остались только в легендах и мифах, они все еще способны чему-то научить — и от чего-то предостеречь. В священном храме Аполлона греки от имени своих городов и царств поклялись стоять, как один, в мире и войне. Настало время прийти герою. Тому, кто понимает: чтобы выиграть войну, необходимо сначала выиграть мир.

La Roma dell’imperatore Tiberio ha accolto i sette viaggiatori, ignara delle rivoluzioni che stanno per scuoterla dalle fondamenta. La storia, ormai, ha già preso una piega diversa, ma il cambiamento è ancora fragile, un germoglio che deve crescere e rafforzarsi.

Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian prince and adopted brother of Octavian, has embarked on a ruthless quest for the Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of the gods—or the one God. Driven by vengeance, Juba has already attained the fabled Trident of Poseidon, which may also be the staff once wielded by Moses.

In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults.

การแยกและการรวมกันของสองอาณาจักรเป็นการวัดอำนาจแห่ง "ฟาโรห์" เคยกล่าวกันว่าหากทุตโมซิสที่หนึ่ง ยังมิด่วนเสด็จไปเฝ้าเทพบิดร อาณาจักรธีบิส "อาจจะ" รวมเป็นหนึ่งเดียว บัดนี้กาลล่วงเลย อาณาจักร "ธีบิสบน" กลับมีช่องว่าง ขณะที่ "ธีบิสล่าง" กล่าวกันว่า "งูเห่าแห่งทะเลทราย" ทรงพิษร้ายมหาศาล พระอารมณ์ฟาโรห์ประดุจวายุในทะเลทราย ฟ้าแจ่มใส อยู่ดีๆ แท้ๆ พายุจะละลิ่วล่อง นำความพินาศมาให้ หลังจากนั้นจะระเรื่อย ชื่นฉ่ำ

Die gotischen Knechte und die römischen Sklaven waren beschäftigt, die Arbeit des Tages zu beschließen. Der Mariskalk brachte die jungen Rosse von der Weide ein. Zwei andre Knechte leiteten den Zug stattlicher Rinder von dem Anger auf dem Hügel nach den Ställen, indes der Ziegenbub mit römischen Scheltworten seine Schutzbefohlenen vorwärts trieb, die genäschig hier und da an dem salzigen Steinbrech nagten, der auf dem zerbröckelten Mauerwerk am Wege grünte.

Northumbria, AD 864. Viking warlord Ragnar Lothbrok is captured and killed in brutal fashion, an event that will shape the future of the nation for decades to come. Mercia, AD 868. Alfred, son of Wessex and heir to the throne, draws his first blood on the battlefield. It will not be his last. A devastating scourge from the north is coming to Britain, one that will bring armies and entire kingdoms to their knees. Travelling along the whale road in their feared longships, the Great Heathen Army move fast, striking with a savagery unmatched, in a seemingly unstoppable tide of blood and iron.

Rom im ersten Jahrhundert vor Christus: Auf einem Landgut nahe der Stadt unterwerfen sich zwei Patriziersöhne einem unmenschlich harten Drill. Eines Tages nämlich sollen Gaius Julius Caesar und sein Freund Marcus Brutus unbesiegbare Soldaten und mächtige politische Anführer sein. Doch viel zu früh endet die Ausbildung der beiden Jungen: Aufständische Sklaven verwüsten ihr Zuhause und zwingen sie zur Flucht nach Rom. Doch auch dort finden Gaius und Marcus keinen Frieden, denn sie geraten in ein tödliches Netz aus Intrigen und offenen Machtkämpfen.

เจ้าหญิงศาสวัตรา" ซึ่งดำรงพระยศเป็น "อัครราชกุมารี" แห่งศิขิน มีพระนาม มีพระอนุชานาม "เจ้าชายศิขรินทร์" ทั้งสองพระองค์ประทับ ณ คันธามาส ณ หมู่บ้านเล็กๆ ที่ราบสูง ริมภูเขา บัดนี้ต้องส่งพระธิดาองค์โต "เจ้าหญิงศาสวัตรา" สู่เขตหิมวันต์ ฤาว่าพระราชาธิบดีทอดพระเนตรเห็น "ช่องทาง" "หิมวันต์" จะช่วยพระโอรสองค์น้อยได้ นั่นคือหน้าที่แห่งเชษฐภคินีพึงกระทำ การเสด็จ "แผ่นดินหิมวันต์" คือการไปทอดพระเนตร "ฐานอำนาจ" มงกุฎและบัลลังก์ ต้องมี "อำนาจ" รองรับเสมอ

«UNA MAGNÍFICA ÓPERA PRIMA DEL AUTOR ENMARCADA EN PLENO DECLIVE DEL IMPERIO ROMANO» En el siglo III de nuestra era, el Imperio romano se halla sumido en una profunda crisis a todos los niveles: los violentos movimientos sociales, políticos y religiosos que han...

Wall of Hadrian, Britannia, AD 367. Tribune Sixtus Victorinus is scouting north of the Wall when he first sees the smoke. Riding south he finds a province in chaos, the local populace in flight, the soldiers absent. Britannia is ablaze, overrun with barbarians and Valentia is the word on everyone’s lips. But no one seems to have the first clue what it means... Victorinus may have let his life run to ruin and drunk his youth away, but now he must forge himself into the soldier he always wanted to be, the hero his children think he is.