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Thrust into a brutal military coming-of-age, a seven-year-old boy must survive ancient Sparta's deadliest training. Perfect for an intense commute, this gripping historical fiction immerses you deeply in the shadows of the agoge. Listeners will taste the sweat, smell the iron, and feel the...

Dieser atemberaubende Roman erzählt das Leben der ehemals mächtigsten Frau der Welt: Kleopatra, die letzte altägyptische Königin, war eine Pharaonin, Ehefrau, Mutter – und eine Herrscherin mit unermesslicher Macht. Ihr Tod ist legendenumwoben, ihr Leben sagenhaft. Mit gerade einmal 19 Jahren besteigt sie nach dem Tod ihres Vaters den Thron eines Weltreichs, nicht ahnend, welche ungeheuerlichen Herausforderungen von diesem Moment an ihr Leben bestimmen sollten.

63 vor Christus, eine Zeit des Friedens und des Wohlstands: Die Legionen der mächtigen Römischen Republik haben alle Feinde in die Knie gezwungen. Doch auf den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Während die Obrigkeit wegsieht, führt Decius Caecilius Metellus der Jüngere, Hauptmann der Vigiles, einen einsamen Kampf gegen die grassierende Gewalt. Als ein Silberwechsler und ein Bauunternehmer ermordet aufgefunden werden, erkennt Metellus die bedrohlichen Vorzeichen einer großangelegten Verschwörung – einer Verschwörung, die ihre Wurzeln im Zentrum der Macht selbst hat.

Bloomsbury presents Triumph in Dust by Ian Ross, read by Jonathan Keeble Ferocity, heroism, and savage bloodshed: the next gripping instalment in the Twilight of Empire series. For fans of Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden. When the simmering conflict between Rome and Persia threatens to reignite into...

Constantinople, 388 AD. Videricus, son of Vithimer, heir to the throne of the Greuthungi, runs from the City Guard, his latest theft from the markets in hand. Unwittingly he bumps into a colossus of a man. Armoured in glistening scales, draped in a gold trimmed white cloak, the man is Stilicho...

Machtgier, Wahnsinn und mörderische Intrigen im antiken Rom Im düsteren historischen Roman »Der brennende Himmel« verbindet sich Gladiator-Feeling mit intelligenter und zutiefst menschliche politischer Spannung: Last Kingdom trifft House of Cards. Und zwei Liebende stehen auf der falschen...

One determined goddess. Two beloved gods. Three coveted thrones. Ancient Egypt's most formidable goddess will stop at nothing to save her true love from the wrath of a vengeful god in this romantic retelling by the author of Neferura, perfect for listeners who loved Lilith. Isis, goddess of...

Knox is a man of few words, and what little there is to tell, he keeps to himself. Sold to mercenaries at the age of eight, his life has been nothing but a cycle of battles and training. Women have always been within his reach, drawn to his striking looks, yet none have ever truly held his...

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK 2026 'This is the best book I’ve read this year, hands down' Conn Iggulden 'Gordon Doherty has mined the sources, building a convincing and fascinating world … you can almost smell the horseflesh and fermented mare’s milk' The Times As Hun hordes and...

From the author of the phenomenon Life of Pi, this fabulous novel connects the lives of a foot soldier in the Trojan War with a scholar struggling to make sense of his life in modern-day Oxford The past is never done with: always the song continues Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of Conclave, Precipice and the acclaimed Cicero trilogy comes a sweeping new political thriller about the general who built an empire—and paid the ultimate price. Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From from the Booker Prize–winning author of Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from the point of view of two commoners: an ancient soldier and modern scholar—for fans of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey "Ingenious." ―The New York Times "Superb."...

Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. “Enchanting, smart, and subversive—this is El-Arifi’s masterpiece”—RF Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis...

One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction Books of the Year One of the Financial Times' Best Fiction Books of the Year One of The Times' Best Novels of the Year AN INSTANT UK BESTSELLER “Barker’s vision of a world shaped by violence, a key theme in all her fiction, is equal to the...

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of...

Sisters. Mothers. Lovers. Warriors. In ancient Themiscyra, Hippolyte rules as Queen of the Amazons. Feared throughout Greece, their skills on the battlefield are unrivalled. But when a ship lands on their shores, it brings something more dangerous than the threat of war. It brings a future...

All murders must be avenged. While the rest of Greece mourns for the war that has taken their husbands away, Clytemnestra fears the day it will bring hers back. When her husband willingly sacrifices their eldest daughter to appease the Gods, Clytemnestra vows to do whatever it takes to protect...

Daughter. Sister. Priestess. Protector. Son. Brother. Demi-God. Hero. Monsters. Gifted and burdened with beauty far beyond that of mere mortals, Medusa seeks sanctuary with the Goddess Athena. But when the lustful gaze of mighty Poseidon falls upon her, even the Temple of Athena cannot protect...

Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version—his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa...

A “superb” (The Guardian) novel about two sisters fighting for survival in Dark Ages Britain that weaves “a dazzling blend of history and fantasy” (BuzzFeed) “Rich in history and folklore . . . Stott is astute on the use of stories to control others and maintain power...