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Lords of Battle | |||
| The World of the Celtic Warrior | History | |||
| Stephen Allen | ||||
| Osprey 2007 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1841769487 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| To the classical Greeks and Romans, the Celtic warrior of the late Iron Age was the archetypal barbarian: savage and undisciplined, 'war-mad' in the words of Strabo. The clash of cultures that lasted almost 500 years saw the rich and vibrant Celtic society virtually destroyed, becoming the stuff of legend. From the first mention of the Celts by Greek writers in the 6th century BCE to the Roman conquest of Britain, this illustrated study examines the Celtic warrior, his society and the conflicts that destroyed it. Off-mint. | ||||
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Caesar | |||
| History | ||||
| Patricia Southern | ||||
| Tempus 2007 288 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752443941 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE and grew up in a period of corruption and violence in ancient Rome. Elected consul in 59 BCE, Caesar put his political ambitions on hold while he conquered Gaul, laying the foundation of his military reputation; and returning to the political sphere, he began the reforms that would ultimately transform the state. Following her books on Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Patricia Southern presents a popular study of Caesar and 'the sheer staggering driving energy of the man'. | ||||
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Chariot: From Chariot to Tank, | |||
| the Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine | History | |||
| Arthur Cotterell | ||||
| Overlook 2005 344 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1585676675 | ||||
| Published Price $29.95 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| 'The first, and most charismatic, war machine ever invented', the chariot originally appeared in Mesopotamia and exhibited great longevity, surviving not only into Roman times, when Nero won at the Olympics despite falling off, but also into the Byzantine era, when 30,000 people died in riots over a chariot-race. Cotterell traces the development of chariot warfare from China and India to Egypt and Europe, and discusses modern misconceptions about the supposed similarities between ancient chariots and modern tanks. | ||||
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The Quest for Immortality | |||
| Treasures of Ancient Egypt | History | |||
| Erik Hornung; Betsy M Bryan (Edited by) | ||||
| Prestel 2002 240 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 3791327356 292x242mm | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Sale Price £7.99 | |||
| Ancient Egyptian antiquities are dominated by art and artefacts depicting the afterlife in which mummified bodies would be re-awakened and live on for eternity. The catalogue of a major exhibition in Washington, 2002, this book examines how the promise of a glorious rebirth pervaded the daily life of Egyptians. It presents nearly 200 artefacts, mostly drawn from the Cairo Museum, beautifully photographed and accompanied by essays on topics including ancient Egyptian history, customs, art and the books of the Netherworld. | ||||
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Helen of Troy | |||
| Goddess, Princess, Whore | History | |||
| Bettany Hughes | ||||
| Knopf 2005 458 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1400041783 | ||||
| Published Price $30.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| The mythical figure of Helen has resonated through three millennia of Western culture, but what can we know of the 'real' Mycenaean princess behind Homer's heroine? Bettany Hughes examines the traces Helen left in the ancient Mediterranean world and considers the many different lights in which she has been viewed - whether as a role model and embodiment of female beauty, or a whore, femme fatale and ultimate origin of the enmity between East and West. American-cut pages. | ||||
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Alexander | |||
| Invincible King of Macedonia | History | |||
| Peter G Tsouras | ||||
| Brassey's 2004 121 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1574884077 | ||||
| Published Price $19.95 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| In a short life and a reign of just 13 years Alexander so thoroughly mastered tactics, strategy and diplomacy that he subdued Greece and destroyed the Persian Empire. Peter G Tsouras, a former military intelligence analyst, concisely tells the story of Alexander's life, highlighting the powerful state which he inherited from his father, the heroic ideal which he learnt from the Iliad and the military genius which repeatedly won him the initiative in battle. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Storming the Heavens | |||
| Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman Empire | History | |||
| Antonio Santosuosso | ||||
| Pimlico 2004 265 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0712698868 | ||||
| Published Price £12.50 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| At the close of the 3rd century BCE, the ancient world was in awe of Rome's political, military and cultural hegemony: yet its power was not as secure as it seemed - social turmoil prevailed at the heart of the Roman territories. In a dramatic portrait of the Roman army, Santosuosso argues that the behaviour of the armies played a central role in this unrest: the troops became the enemies within, pillaging and slaughtering fellow citizens and remaining loyal to their leaders, but not to the Republic. | ||||
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The Lost Tomb of Viracocha | |||
| Unlocking the Secrets of the Peruvian Pyramids | History | |||
| Maurice Cotterell | ||||
| Headline 2001 214 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0747264457 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| A study of the secrets of the Inca and the tombs of Ciracocha Pachacamac and Viracocha showing that the story of the white gods was not a myth and that these two sun-kings actually lived in Peru over 1500 years ago. | ||||
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Recreating Ancient History: Episodes from the Greek and Roman Past | |||
| in the Arts and Literature of the Early Modern Period | History | |||
| Karl A Enenkel; Jan L De Jong; Jeanine De Landtsheer (Edited by) | ||||
| Brill 2002 376 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0391041290 | ||||
| Published Price €44.00 | Sale Price £23.00 | |||
| Illustrating how, in the early modern period, history was considered as 'a rich field of raw material, that could be used, recycled and adapted to new needs and purposes', this volume examines examples and strategies of recreating ancient history by early modern writers and scholars. Among the 17 studies, topics include: history painting in the Vatican; Lipsius' Saturnales sermones on gladiatorial games; the reception of Plutarch in the Netherlands; Shakespeare's view of Roman history in Coriolanus; and Marc-Antoine Muret's Julius Caesar. | ||||
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The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatƒnkhamanou | |||
| History | ||||
| Theodore M Davis | ||||
| Duckworth 2001 240 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0715630725 297x210mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £9.99 | |||
| This volume reprints Davis's original reports of his great discoveries of tombs, mummies, burial furniture and treasure in the Valley of the Kings between 1905 and 1908. | ||||
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The Bull of Minos | |||
| History | ||||
| Leonard Cottrell | ||||
| Sutton 2003 254 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0750933364 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Perhaps the best known of Leonard Cottrell's numerous books on archaeology, The Bull of Minos tells the story of the important discoveries made by Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans. These pioneering archaeologists brought to light the ruins of Troy, the treasure-laden tombs of the Mycenaean kings and the palace at Knossos on Crete, to reveal the extraordinary cultures which were remembered in the later Greek myths. | ||||
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