Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

'The author vividly documents Pertinax's last days and effectively captures the tenor of the era, a time awash in corruption and violence. Roman history enthusiasts will find new material to digest and general readers, useful context for the Roman way of life.' -- KirkusThe son of a former slave,

The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India (Gandhi Supriya)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, whose death at the hands of his younger brother Aurangzeb changed the course of South Asian history. Dara Shukoh was the eldest son of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, best known for commissioning the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum

The Wars of Justinian I (Whitby Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Justinian I was the last great conquering Roman emperor, who dramatically increased the size of his realm although he never actually led an army in person. His long reign (527-565) was devoted to the challenging project of renovatio imperii, that is the renovation of Empire. His was the will and

Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire (Peirce Leslie)(Pevná vazba)

The 'fascinating...lively' story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empire (New York Times). In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave

Britain (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The Roman Conquests series seeks to explain when and how the Romans were able to conquer a vast empire stretching from the foothills of the Scottish Highlands to the Sahara Desert, from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf. How did their armies adapt to and overcome the challenges of widely varied

Romans at War: The Roman Military in the Republic and Empire (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

'Ground-breaking insights into the Roman military presented [in] a sumptuously illustrated package - this will make a glorious gift for Roman history aficionados.' - Love ReadingThe Roman military machine was preeminent in the ancient world, projecting power across the known world over a vast

The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy (Van Der Kiste John)(Pevná vazba)

In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated

The Marvel Art of Adam Kubert (Harrold Jess)(Pevná vazba)

The son of an industry pioneer who became a comic book legend in his own right, Adam Kubert's momentous contribution to the Marvel Universe is celebrated in this lavishly illustrated art book! Follow his career from the WOLVERINE and UNCANNY X-MEN runs that made him a fan-favorite through his

The Emperor of Evening Stars: Prequel from the rebel who became King! - Laura Thalassa

The Reign of Emperor Gallienus: The Apogee of Roman Cavalry (Syvnne Ilkka)(Pevná vazba)

This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry Sidebottom's best-selling Warrior of Rome novels.Gallienus

Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic (Northup Solomon)(Pevná vazba)

Solomon Northup was born free as the son of an emancipated slave, who lived and worked in New York. In 1841, two con men offered him lucrative work playing fiddle in a circus, so he travelled with them to Washington, D.C., where he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold as a slave into the Red River

A Life (Veil Simone)(Paperback)

Simone Veil, the former French lawyer and politician who became the first President of the European Union, was born Simone Jacob in 1927. In A Life, she describes in vivid detail a childhood of happiness and innocence spent in Nice that came to an abrupt end in 1944 when, at the age of 17, she was

Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II (Hendrix Lee)(Pevná vazba)

The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a brilliant demonstration of two arts--calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor, Ferdinand I, commissioned master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to

Meditations: The Philosophy Classic (Aurelius Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

A deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as 'The Philosopher' Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 169 to 180 AD. The last of the 'Five Good Emperors,' he was the most powerful and influential man in

Poems (Yeats W B)(Pevná vazba)

A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States's senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet

Julius Caesar: Rome's Greatest Warlord (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A concise biography of Julius Caesar as a military

Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana? (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular

Old Testament Warriors: The Clash of Cultures in the Ancient Near East (Elliott Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A concise history of warfare between Ancient Middle Eastern cultures in the age of the Old Testament using archaeology and evidence from the Bible.The period covered by the Old Testament - beginning in approximately 3000 BC - was one of great technological development and innovation in warfare, as

Empress of the East - How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire (Peirce Leslie)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only

Food in Art: From Prehistory to the Renaissance (Riley Gillian)(Pevná vazba)

From Giuseppe Arcimboldo's painting of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II as a heap of fruits and vegetables to artists depicting lavish banquets for wealthy patrons, food and art are remarkably intertwined. In this richly illustrated book, Gillian Riley provides fresh insight into how the

Jane Goodall: A Champion of Chimpanzees (Albee Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Learn about the life of Jane Goodall, a pioneering scientist who became the world expert on chimpanzees, in this early reader biography.Jane Goodall was the first person to study wild chimpanzees up close in a rain forest. She befriended the chimps and discovered amazing facts about their

Meditations (Aurelius Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (AD 121-180) embodied in his person that ideal figure of antiquity, the philosopher-king. His 'Meditations' reveal a mind of exceptional clarity and originality and a spirit attuned to the particulars of human

Renoir: Father and Son (Simon Eddy)(Pevná vazba)

Through the captivating pages of this new graphic novel, discover the intertwined destinies of a father and son in search of truth through art. 'Reality is always magical.' --Jean Renoir, 1957 Art is a family matter for the Renoirs. The path is carved by Pierre-Auguste, the painter who along with

Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Goths (Macdowall Simon)(Pevná vazba)

In the late 4th century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome's greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship with the Romans,