Ancient History

'A vivid, visceral and crucial read for our times' BETTANY HUGHES 'Wonderful and insightful' ADRIAN...

From the #1 bestselling author comes an epic story of love and war as two...

Witness what the gods do after dark in the tenth volume of a stylish and...

A stunning gift edition of the age-old tale of Odysseus and his journey. This epic...

The story of the ancient world's most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it...

An epic journey of adventure, endurance, and the search for home In The Odyssey, Homer...

A timeless tale of war, pride, and the cost of glory Homer's Iliad stands as...

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came...

Ancient Greece was rich with stories of queer love and genderfluid identity but what can...

'A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians' KEN FOLLETT 'Dazzling... This...

We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and...

Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and...

A powerful, electric reclaiming of the most famed, white-washed woman in Greek mythology Blessed by...

A magnificent new translation of the Odyssey by best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn With...

The twelve books of Meditations were written over 2,000 years ago by the Roman Emperor...

'Offers fascinating insights into women's worlds and desires in Greco-Roman antiquity and beyond.' Emily Hauser,...

An evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror's life. This book oers a fresh perspective on...

A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumors and gossip-ranging...

We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived?...

An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England...

UPLIFTING, PRACTICAL AND SURPRISING WISDOM FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING CLASSICIST 'Wonderful. Thoughtfully chosen, carefully explained...

The life story of the Judean queen Berenice, descendant of Herod the Great, who became...

A profoundly moving sapphic tale of love, identity and defiance that retells the love story...

The heart stopping sequel to the instant number 3 Sunday Times bestseller, Daughter of Chaos...

The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save...

Edward Gibbon's masterpiece of historical writing, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is...

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that...

Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word...