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Tom Holland
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January 01, 1968
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Although the Greeks never doubted that Homer had existed, the precise details of his life were a puzzle to them. His dates, his place of birth, even the number of poems that he might have written – all were endlessly debated. Like the heroes born of gods, and like the very gods themselves, he defied all attempts to provide him with a consistent biography. Perhaps, however, this was only fitting...
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
— published 2003 — 22 editions |
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
— published 2006 — 3 editions |
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Lord Of The Dead
— published 1995 — 18 editions |
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Millennium: The End Of The World And The Forging Of Christendom
— published 2008 — 15 editions |
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
— published 2011 — 11 editions |
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Slave of My Thirst
— published 1996 — 8 editions |
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The Sleeper in the Sands
— published 1998 — 10 editions |
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Deliver Us from Evil
— published 1997 — 6 editions |
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The Poison in the Blood
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The Bonehunter
— published 2001 — 2 editions |
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“I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and fixed his throne in a heaven, to rule it as though it were Hell.”
― Tom Holland, Lord Of The Dead
― Tom Holland, Lord Of The Dead
“This [for opposition leaders to claim royal lineage], in a world ruled by a republic, was what revolution had come to mean.”
― Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
― Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
“Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had lived through the civil wars, this was the consolation history gave them. Out of calamity could come greatness. Out of dispossession could come the renewal of a civilised order.”
― Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
― Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland
In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire..
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448 pages
by Tom Holland
In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire..
GRR 4.13
PB £7.14 Kindle £6.99
448 pages
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses.
Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life
GRR 3.72
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
400 pages
by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses.
Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life
GRR 3.72
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
400 pages
The Thread
by Victoria Hislop
A beautiful and epic novel that spans nearly a hundred years, The Thread is a magnificent story of a friendship and a love that endures through the catastrophes and upheavals of the twentieth century--both natural and man-made--in the turbulent city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
GRR 3.87
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
480 pages
by Victoria Hislop
A beautiful and epic novel that spans nearly a hundred years, The Thread is a magnificent story of a friendship and a love that endures through the catastrophes and upheavals of the twentieth century--both natural and man-made--in the turbulent city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
GRR 3.87
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
480 pages
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