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THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower. The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the hea
' A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Cleopatra : lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, a
' A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Cleopatra : lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, a
'A book that's rich with meticulous scholarship, illuminated by sharp wit, and full of subtle judgment. Babylon is quite simply enthralling' TELEGRAPH 'Intimate and immensely detailed. I've never encountered a work of ancient history s
A "brilliant feat of resurrection" (Tom Holland, author of Dominion ), offering a stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretc
A Spectator 2023 Book of the Year Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual m
'A book that's rich with meticulous scholarship, illuminated by sharp wit, and full of subtle judgment. Babylon is quite simply enthralling' TELEGRAPH 'Intimate and immensely detailed. I've never encountered a work of ancient history s
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor of ancient Persia and its enduring legacies for today's Iran. "A brilliant feat of resurrection." -Tom Holland, author of Dominion The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of