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Cleopatra - Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
39.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacyThe siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth. Beyon ...Show more
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
22.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard
39.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military gloryMarcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic am ...Show more
Demetrius - Sacker of Cities by James Romm
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back againThe life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ...Show more
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor by Donald J. Robertson
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE) to life for a new generation of readers by exploring the emperor’s fascinating psychological journey. Don ...Show more
Ramesses the Great - Egypt's King of Kings by Toby Wilkinson
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history ...Show more
Vergil: The Poet's Life by Sarah Ruden
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70-19 BCE) became the world's f ...Show more
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