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Full-cast dramatised retellings of the two most important epic Sanskrit poems of ancient India The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are literary classics, the longest epic poems in world literature, as significant as the Bible, the Qu'ran and the works of Shakespeare. Estimated to have been composed...

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable...

Assyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal. For Aurya and her daydreaming brother, Sharo, every day is a struggle for survival, as they dodge the beatings of their drunken father and scrabble for scraps of food. One violent evening, everything changes. Soon, they are on the barge of King Ashurbanipal, bound for the beautiful, near-mythical city of Nineveh.

Alexander's beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations.

The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel’s household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel’s most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel’s sons and their best friend, Jared. But after a tragic accident changes the course of her life, Keren finds herself in a foreign country, charged with a mysterious task: teaching a shepherd boy how to become a lord. When she overhears whispers that hint at his true identity, she realizes she must protect him from the schemes of a bloodthirsty king.

கி.பி. பதினொன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டின் துவக்கம். சோழ மன்னரான இராஜராஜரின் பிறந்த நாளில் அவரது உயிரைக் குறிவைத்து நடத்தப்பட்ட தாக்குதல் அனைவரையும் அதிர்ச்சியில் ஆழ்த்தியுள்ளது. சதிகாரர்களின் இருப்பிடம் சேர நாடு என்று சந்தேகிக்கப்படுகிறது.

Like most young women in ancient Israel, Mary has little control over her own destiny. When Enos, a rising Pharisee, sees her one day in the market―the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on―and determines to make her his wife, Mary’s fate is quickly sealed. His exorbitant bride price is the only hope her parents have of escaping abject poverty, but surely the fact that such a devout and esteemed man has chosen a girl of her station must be a sign of blessing.

AD 101. Eleven years have passed since the emperor Domitian led a campaign into Dacia to chastise them for their incursions, meeting the enemy once again at Tapae, the site of an earlier battle. But Domitian is gone, now, and a new emperor sits on the throne: Trajan. This new leader of the Roman world is determined to succeed where Domitian failed: the total subjugation of Dacia.

A leleményes Odüsszeusz Trójától Ithakáig tíz esztendőn át tartó hazaútja az egyik legnagyobb történet, amelyet valaha is elmondtak. A lótuszevőktől a szirénekig, Kirkétől a küklopszokig ez a história izgalmas kalandokról, ravasz menekülésekről és a kitartó odaadásról szól. Kövessük hát Odüsszeusz útját, miután elhagyja Trója elesett, feldúlt, porig rombolt városát, és tíz hosszú, keserves, drámai év alatt – megküzdve szörnyekkel, istennők, nimfák szirének kísértéseivel és Poszeidón átkával – hazatér feleségéhez, Pénelopéhoz, fiához, Télemakhoszhoz és ithakai királyságához.

È l'età delle grandi città-stato e tra tutte si erge nel suo splendore Atene, la più imponente città del mondo antico. Dietro il suo incredibile successo, che la rende di fatto la guida dell'intera Grecia, c'è un solo uomo: Pericle. Un uomo che seppe capire il valore della pace prima di quello della guerra, e che diede vita alla fertilità culturale che invase Atene in quegli anni, a partire dall'arricchimento dell'Acropoli.

Юлий Цезарь и Марк Брут возвращаются из римских колоний в Испании, чтобы бросить вызов могущественным сенаторам и стать консулами Рима. Но имперские воззрения Цезаря, безудержное стремление к лидерству и грандиозные амбиции неумолимо отдаляют его от друга. Перед ними — Рубикон, перейти который означает бросить вызов самому Риму. А еще им предстоит решить, пойдут ли они дальше вместе, или пришло время каждому выбрать собственный путь?

The gripping and action-packed new Roman army adventure in the Eagles of the Empire series by Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow. The perfect read for readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro, hardened veterans of the Roman army, have faced the...

На этом живописном фоне двое мальчиков взрослеют в мечтах о славе, завоеванной в рядах самой могущественной армии, какую когда-либо знал мир. Пока юные Гай и Марк обучаются искусству боя под руководством одного из самых грозных гладиаторов Рима, противостояние непримиримых соперников — Мария и Суллы, в котором победителю достанется невероятная власть, влечет государство к гражданской войне. Гай и Марк вынуждены идти разными путями, и к тому времени, когда они снова встретятся, все будет иначе.

Zügellosigkeit, Lebenslust, Mord und Totschlag, Triumph und Tragödie: Die griechischen Göttersagen sind wilder und wüster als das Leben selbst und bieten damit alles, was sich Leser wünschen. Die alten Griechen inspirierten unter anderen Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce und Walt Disney. In Stephen Frys brillanter Nacherzählung erwachen die alten Sagen zu neuem Leben. Wir verlieben uns mit Zeus, sehen die Geburt der Athene, nehmen mit Kronos und Gaia Rache an Uranos, wir weinen mit König Midas und jagen mit der wunderschönen und furchtlosen Artemis.

Widely considered as one of the finest historical novelists of the 20th century, Mary Renault brought the ancient world alive, turning age-old myths of gods and monsters into compelling human stories. In The King Must Die and its sequel, The Bull from the Sea, she retells the legend of Theseus, one of the greatest heroes of Ancient Greece.

In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is out for revenge. Caught up in the maelstrom are two young boys, Hanno, the son of a distinguished...

காலம் 11ம் நூற்றாண்டு. பலமான யோசனைகளுக்குப் பிறகு திருவிடைமருதூரில் ஆடல் கற்பிக்கும் தலைக்கோலி நக்கன் மதுரவாசகி, தஞ்சையில் மாமன்னர் இராஜராஜர் கட்டிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் பெரிய திருக்கற்றளியில் சென்று பணியில் அமர முடிவு செய்கிறாள்

Im Frühling des Jahres 324 v. Chr. erreicht Alexander mit den Resten seines Heeres Susa. Alexander hält ein fürchterliches Strafgericht unter Statthaltern, Richtern und Steuerverwaltern ab, die seine lange Abwesenheit in Indien zur Bereicherung ausgenutzt hatten. Auch das Diadem aus dem Kyrosgrab wurde gestohlen. Der Dieb befindet sich noch unentdeckt mitten im Heer.

In ancient Israel, soon after Nessa is of marriageable age, her father gives her to a wealthy widowed friend, capitalizing on her beauty to bring in the highest bride-price he can find. Nessa is devastated, as she had begged to marry Lavi, who returned her love and saw more in her than her appearance. But Nessa's betrothal leads to Lavi's departure, compounding her grief, and she can never forget her forbidden first love.

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.