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Book Synopsis The Alexiad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Anna Comnena
Download or read book The Alexiad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Anna Comnena and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text documents the Crusades and the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.
Download or read book Anabasis written by Xenophon and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded deep in Persia, after their leader Cyrus was killed, Xenophon played an instrumental role in encouraging his army of 10,000 to march north across deserts and mountain passes, towards the Black Sea and its Greek shoreline cities.
Book Synopsis Hellenica (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Xenophon
Download or read book Hellenica (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Xenophon and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xenophon's Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian history in the years BCE 411-362. The first two books narrate the final years of the Peloponnesian War from the exact moment in time at which Thucydides' history ends. The remaining books, three to seven, focus primarily on the Spartans military and political machinations as the dominant city-state in Greece after the Pelopessenian wars end. The Hellenica also covers the rise of Thebes as a major military power, and the brief period known as the Theban hegemony. Many consider this a very personal work, written by Xenophon in retirement on his Spartan estate, intended primarily for circulation among his friends, for people who knew the main protagonists and events, often because they had participated in them. It is one of the principal sources for the final seven years of the Peloponnesian War not covered by Thucydides, and the war's aftermath. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.
Book Synopsis The Histories (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Herodotus
Download or read book The Histories (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Herodotus and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Histories of Herodotus serves as a record of ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures in Asia, Africa and Greece. It remains one of the most important sources about the study of history in the Western world.
Book Synopsis The Iliad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Homer
Download or read book The Iliad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Homer and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iliad describes the events of the ten-year siege of the city of Troy, by a coalition of Greek states. The story unfolds during a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, The Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. The Iliad is paired with something of a sequel, The Odyssey, also attributed to Homer. Both stories were intended to be sung by an epic poet. Along with The Odyssey, The Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC. In this edition of Samuel Butler's translation, the names of the gods and characters have been restored from Latin to the original Greek. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.
Book Synopsis The History of the Peloponnesian War (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by :
Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the 431-404 BC war between Sparta and Athens. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war.
Book Synopsis The Odyssey (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Homer
Download or read book The Odyssey (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Homer and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica. To get there he must deceive a giant Cyclops, face Poseidon's wrath, escape cannibalism, defeat the witch-goddess Circe, skirt the land of the Sirens, sail between a six-headed monster and a raging whirlpool, and escape captivity on the island of Calypso. But perhaps his biggest threat is his prolonged absence from home, as 108 suitors are vying for his wife's hand in marriage. Composed near the end of the eighth century BC, The Odyssey was intended to be sung by an epic poet. One of the most impressive elements of the text is that events depend equally on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. The story has had a profound influence on cultures around the world, so much so, that the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage in many languages. In this edition of Samuel Butler's translation, the names of the gods and characters have been restored from Latin to the original Greek. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.
Book Synopsis The Campaigns of Alexander (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Arrian
Download or read book The Campaigns of Alexander (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Arrian and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Campaigns of Alexander stands as a seminal work in the annals of classical literature, providing the most comprehensive account of Alexander the Great's monumental campaigns to conquer the Persian Empire from 336 to 323 BC. Composed in the second century AD during Emperor Hadrian's reign, this historical narrative, complete in seven books, delves into the military strategies and exploits of Alexander, starting from his ascension to the Macedonian throne. Arrian aimed to provide a meticulous military history, drawing primarily from the contemporary but now-lost accounts of Ptolemy and Aristobulus, and for the latter parts, from Nearchus. His narrative seeks to challenge and correct the prevailing "Vulgate" version of Alexander's reign, thereby offering a more nuanced and perhaps more accurate portrayal of the legendary conqueror's campaigns. Through The Campaigns of Alexander, Arrian not only commemorates Alexander's military genius but also contributes significantly to the understanding of ancient historiography, making his work an invaluable resource for historians and classical scholars alike. Included are more than 5,000 indexed page numbers and almost 1,000 footnotes. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.
Book Synopsis The Palgrave Dictionary of Medieval Anglo-Jewish History by : J. Hillaby
Download or read book The Palgrave Dictionary of Medieval Anglo-Jewish History written by J. Hillaby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a wide range of rich original sources, this unique reference guide provides a remarkable picture of England's medieval Jewry. Following an extensive introduction, the dictionary includes illustrations, maps, and over 40 topographic, 30 biographic and 80 general entries, including texts of key legislation.
Book Synopsis Crime and Punishment (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Download or read book Crime and Punishment (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodion Raskolnikov kills an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash, defending his actions by arguing that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a vermin.
Book Synopsis The Empire That Would Not Die by : John Haldon
Download or read book The Empire That Would Not Die written by John Haldon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did not die. John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the empire to survive against all odds into the eighth century.
Book Synopsis Fourteen Byzantine Rulers by : Michael Psellus
Download or read book Fourteen Byzantine Rulers written by Michael Psellus and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1979-09-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.
Book Synopsis The Landsknechts by : Douglas Miller
Download or read book The Landsknechts written by Douglas Miller and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Landsknechts were German mercenaries who served during the reigns of Maximilian I and Charles V in the sixteenth century. Having signed up, these Landsknechts were read a very detailed code of conduct, organized into companies, paid one month in advance, and sent into battle! Their major weapon was the pike, which could be up to 18 feet in length, but those whose duty it was to advance in the front line carried instead the fearsome Zweihänder; an enormous battle-sword around 66 inches in length! Douglas Miller describes in detail the organisation, tactics, weapons, uniforms and history of these remarkable soldiers.
Book Synopsis Armies of the Dark Ages, 600-1066 by : Ian Heath
Download or read book Armies of the Dark Ages, 600-1066 written by Ian Heath and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greece Reinvented written by Han Lamers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greece Reinvented is the first book-length discussion of the transformation of Byzantine Hellenism in Renaissance Italy, exploring why and how the Byzantine intelligentsia, displaced to Italy, adopted distinctively Greek personas to replace traditional Byzantine claims to a Roman identity.
Book Synopsis History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by : Edward Gibbon
Download or read book History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Book Synopsis The Great Tales of Middle-Earth by : J. R. R. Tolkien
Download or read book The Great Tales of Middle-Earth written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Tales of Middle-earth is a beautiful boxed set of the three final novels of Middle-earth: Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin, packaged together for the first time. Completing Christopher Tolkien's lifelong achievement as the editor and curator of his father J.R.R. Tolkien's manuscripts, The Great Tales features handsome color plates and maps by famed illustrator Alan Lee. The Children of Húrin was the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a deadly new leader rises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth--awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him. Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. The Fall of Gondolin completes the set and tells the story of the destruction of the legendary city of Gondolin at the hands of evil Morgoth in retaliation against Ulmo, the Lord of the Waters, who favors man. At core is the tale of Tuor, cousin of Túrin, his wife, Idril, daughter of Turgon, king of Gondolin, and their child, Eärendel, who became great in Gondolin, but had to flee the blazing wreckage of his home when Morgoth attacked. Each hardcover volume includes color plates and black and white maps by award-winning illustrator Alan Lee.
