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La vita di Hui, figlio del governatore di Lahun, è quella di un privilegiato e il suo futuro, seguire le orme del padre alla guida della bellissima città dalle bianche mura, sembra ormai scritto. Ma dietro quella facciata idilliaca sono all'opera oscure forze malvagie. Accecati dalla gelosia, Isetnofret, matrigna di Hui e spregiudicata strega devota al culto del dio Seth, e Qen, il suo fratellastro, tramano nell'ombra per scalzare dalla sua posizione il governatore, sbarazzarsi una volta per tutte del ragazzo e impadronirsi del potere.

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION* An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James. During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a...

It is 48 BC and Caesar is master of Rome, but Pompey is at large in the huge recruiting grounds of the east with a core of powerful officers, nominally representing the senate in absentia. As the general deals with matters in the city his army gathers at the coast, waiting to cross the sea and...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'I am sick of the future. Up to here with the future. I don't want anything to do with it; don't want it near me.' This is a story about now. It's a story about a woman, and the family she has made for herself. It's about the dramas unfolding on our screens and behind...

The cause of Alexander the Great's sudden death is no longer in doubt - it was murder. But by whom? As his former followers struggle for power, the bonds of family, friendship and political loyalties are tested to the limit. As is the strength of the formidable empire that Alexander had wrought. Never before has the Western world seen such turmoil, such a threat to civilisation. As battles rage, armies, cities and thousands of lives are destroyed by the ruthless scheming of those who would be king. Or queen.

Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadrian's Wall. Through a combination of military prowess, brutality and bribery, Marcus has spent 20 years keeping the savage Picts at bay. Feared by his enemies and hated by his superiors, his strength of will is the only thing that has held the disgruntled, poorly paid garrisons of the Wall in place as the failing Roman Empire's grip on Britannia weakened.

One of the Bible’s most notorious women longs for a love she cannot have in this captivating novel from the award-winning author of Isaiah’s Legacy. “Mesu Andrews yet again proves her mastery of weaving a rich and powerful biblical story!”—Roseanna M. White, author of A Portrait of...

Im Sommer des Jahres 79 nach Christus war es ungewöhnlich heiß am Golf von Neapel. Es herrschte extreme Trockenheit, Brunnen und Quellen versiegten. Ein unerklärliches Grollen beunruhigte die Bewohner. Dann - nach tagelangem Beben - verdunkelte sich am Nachmittag des 24. August schließlich der Himmel. Eine Naturkatastrophe gigantischen Ausmaßes brach über die römische Riviera herein ...

Robert Harris' "Pompeji" war ein internationaler Triumph. Der Autor versteht es wie kein Zweiter, als Gegenwart zu beschreiben, was zweitausend Jahre zurückliegt. Auch "Imperium" spielt in der Antike und bietet erneut eine spannende Mischung aus historischen Fakten und Fiktion. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein gerissener, mit allen Wassern gewaschener Anwalt und geborener Machtpolitiker: Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Viking Slave is book one in the thrilling Dragonheart series. A gripping tale filled with action and adventure set in the early years of the ninth century. A young Saxon boy and his mother are captured in a Viking raid. Fate transforms his destiny and, thanks to an ageing one-armed warrior, he...

Award-winning historian and best-selling author Paul L. Maier has created a compelling style of documentary fiction. He uses what is historically known of Pilate's life, adds in the known political climate of first-century Judea, and unveils the colorful, untold story that changed history. Filling in the details of Pilate's early career in Rome, Maier captures the drama of imperial Rome under Tiberius Caesar, the plotting of his political allies and enemies, and his relationship with his beloved but ambitious wife, Procula.

Mid-21st-century time traveler Sierra Waters, fresh from her mission to save Socrates from the hemlock, is determined to alter history yet again by saving the ancient Library of Alexandria, where as many as 750,000 one-of-a-kind texts were lost in an event described by many as “one of the greatest intellectual catastrophes in history”. 

Año 134 a.C. Bajo el mando Retógenes, Numancia lleva más de veinte años resistiendo el poder de la Roma invencible y los páramos que la rodean han bebido tanta sangre itálica que los romanos se niegan a alistarse en las legiones. Harto de la situación, el Senado envía a su mejor general, Escipión Emiliano, el destructor de Cartago, para acabar con la resistencia de los altaneros numantinos.

Calpurnia è una donna, una figlia, una moglie: la moglie di Caio Giulio Cesare. Una funzione unica e irripetibile nella storia del più grande impero mai esistito, che la giovane incarna con enorme grazia e maestria. Il suo ruolo non è però subordinato a quello del marito. La saggezza, l'intelligenza e la devozione di Calpurnia si riveleranno infatti decisive per la sorte di Roma e dell'onnipotente personalità di Giulio Cesare. 

1944. With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London, Bessie Rushbrook agrees to give shelter to eight-year-old evacuee Marigold in her home. But, the little girl is no stranger, and Bessie must honour the promise she gave to Marigold's mother and not reveal her connection to the child. Marigold's arrival stirs up Bessie's memories from the past when the world was at war the first time. She is forced to face her actions from those days and question the secret that she's long kept hidden. When Grace is injured in London, Bessie makes the heart-wrenching decision to confess her secret.

Antiikin Kreikassa tapahtuu jotain ennenkuulumatonta runsas kaksisataa vuotta ennen ajanlaskun alkua. Ensimmäistä kertaa nainen kohoaa asemaan, jossa häntä palvotaan elävänä jumalana. Naisen nimi on Lanassa, ja hän on Sisilian prinsessa. Mutta kuinka Lanassa oikein päätyi tähän asemaan? Kuinka monta järjestettyä avioliittoa, menetettyä lasta ja valtataistelua hänen täytyi kokea ennen kuin hänet lukittiin saarelle jumalalliseen yksinäisyyteen? Kun Lanassa saa uuden palvelijattaren, hän kertoo vihdoin koskettavan tarinansa miesten hallitsemasta maailmasta.

Eletään keisari Marcus Aureliuksen aikoja, noin vuotta 170 jälkeen Kristuksen. Yksinäinen laiva matkustaa myrskyisällä Tyrrhenanmerellä kohti pohjoista. Myrsky ei kuitenkaan ole laivan kapteenin ja miehistön suurin murhe. Ruumassa kuljetetaan eläimiä, ja vapaaksi on päässyt eräs eriskummallinen yksilö, joka jättää jälkeensä kasan ruumiita.

What if The Gladiator smashed into The Highlander, and then careened into Jason Bourne? You would get The Last Roman: Exile. Some debts you cannot repay, even if you live forever. Seasoned imperial officer Marcus Sempronius Gracchus leads the 9th Roman Legion into a bloody battle against a fierce barbarian tribe. It's a battle he won't survive. When he awakens three days later, clawing his way from a shallow grave, Marcus must face the reality of his new existence. He will never see the afterlife...but that won't stop him from dying time and again over the next 2,000 years.

355 d.C. La stabilità dell'impero romano è minacciata su due fronti: i barbari che spingono sui confini e le lotte interne dei generali che mirano a proclamarsi imperatori. Costanzo ii, sul trono dell'impero d'Oriente, è ossessionato dalla paura di perdere il potere, e così ha creato una rete di spie per smascherare i suoi avversari. Victor è un ragazzo di umili origini che, reclutato tra le spie imperiali, viene incaricato di seguire come un'ombra il giovane Giuliano, destinato a diventare il prossimo Cesare di Gallia.

"La mirada de l'auriga", més enllà de la trama de la nissaga dinomènida i de l'entrellat d'unes atziagues morts familiars, és una novel·la tan breu com intensa i tan esbalaïdora com poètica. Abraça tota la història de la cèlebre escultura de Delfos, a partir dels records de l'auriga que va servir de model als escultors, en un temps en què el món grec estava en col·lisió amb els bàrbars perses i cartaginesos contra els quals els grecs clamaven "no podrem mai ser / si no som lliures", al·legoria palesa de l'actual conflicte català.