Ancient history

The seven wonders of the ancient world

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The...

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The rabbit hole book

£22.00

Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names? Or why jet lag exists? Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip? If any of these ring true or if you can relate to spendi...

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The Odyssey in 1,000 Pieces

£20.00

Odysseus’ ten-year homecoming in 1,000 pieces: dive into Homer’s timeless epic with this jigsaw puzzle and concertina fold-out. Homer’s Odyssey, predating the invention of writin...

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The classical world in bite-sized chunks

£14.99

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of Greek and Roman history, covering the people, events, art and mythology that have shaped the Western world.

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Alexandria

£14.99

An original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day

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Emperor of Rome

£11.99

Mary Beard shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). ‘Emperor of Rome’ is not...

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The rest is history

£10.99

Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – there’s a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past R...

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Messalina

£10.99

This is the story of Messalina – third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. The image of the Empress Messalina as a sexually insatia...

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300,000 kisses

£25.00

For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known – yet there’s a rich literary tradition ...

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Papyrus

£12.99

Long before books were mass produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of M...

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The seven wonders of the ancient world

The rabbit hole book

The Odyssey in 1,000 Pieces

The classical world in bite-sized chunks

Alexandria

Emperor of Rome

The rest is history

Messalina

300,000 kisses

Papyrus

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