Ancient

Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father, King Vortigern – The High King of Britain. With Woden's spear, Vortimer believes God has chosen him to lead an army south to banish the Jutes once and for all from Britain's shores. In a desperate fight for survival, Octa and the Jutish warlords, Hengist and Horsa, are trapped on Thanet, their island home, as Prince Vortimer's army surrounds them. With dwindling numbers, their only hope is to send for reinforcements, but winter is upon them, and the journey will be perilous.

In the first of an extraordinary series from bestseller S.J.A. Turney, the fate of Empire hangs in the balance… Istanbul, 1481: The once great city of Constantine, a strange mix of Christians, Turks and Jews, now forms the heart of the Ottoman empire. The conquest, still a recent memory, means...

Una nuova leggenda sovverte la prospettiva regale dei poemi epici sulla guerra di Troia: a differenza dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea che cantano di re, eroi e dei, qui il protagonista è Psoas di Midea, umile pastore, che lascia la moglie e la famiglia per combattere a Troia, riuscendo a sfidare e sconfiggere un figlio del re Priamo.

Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes an opulent 13th century epic retelling of the life of Mercutio before he ever encountered Romeo and Juliet. On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet...

Ancient peoples weren't isolated. They were globally connected. And someone doesn't want you to know. Cuchu Ramirez and Matias Kim have mastered the basics of time travel, but their greatest discovery awaits. As federal restrictions threaten to eliminate pre-Columbian studies nationwide, they journey back 3,500 years to witness the Bronze Age Networks—and uncover proof that ancient peoples were more globally connected than modern politicians want students to believe.

Flavius Maximus has declared himself emperor and crossed into Gaul. The civil war with Gratian has been short, and the rightful ruler of the West lies in an early grave. Now two men face off across an empire. Theodosius in the east, his armies large but reliant on mercenaries. Maximus in the west, his forces small, but battle hardened and loyal to a fault. In the middle of the chaos, at the heart of a dying world, two old friends march at the heads of opposing forces.

He Chose War. She Chose to Wait. The gods chose suffering. Odysseus burned Troy with a lie. Penelope kept Ithaca alive with one. From the bloodstained shores of Troy to the unraveling halls of Ithaca, Odysseus: Nobody’s Hero is a mythic, cinematic retelling of Homer’s epic—for a new generation of readers. For ten years, Odysseus fought a war he couldn’t win. For ten more, he faced monsters, storms, witches, cannibals, and gods. But the real reckoning waited at home. At his side: Athena, the goddess who guides and manipulates. Telemachus, the son raised by silence and shadow.

La gran novela sobre la construcción más enigmática de la humanidad. El maestro de la novela histórica sobre el Antiguo Egipto narra el levantamiento de la Gran Pirámide de Guiza. LOS PILARES DE LA HISTORIA Año 2600 a. C. Bajo el sol inclemente y el polvo de la llanura egipcia se encuentra el monumento más majestuoso y misterioso jamás construido por el ser humano: la Gran Pirámide de Guiza. EL SUDOR DE UN PUEBLO Inkaf es un joven cantero destinado a convertirse en el arquitecto de la enorme tumba.

Esta novela es una versión original y humorística de uno de los hallazgos que cambiaron la historia de la humanidad: el uso del fuego. A través de comparaciones, el autor recurre a un juego de contrapunto entre un pasado remotísimo y el presente cotidiano. Los personajes, construidos a la manera de los antihéroes: más con debilidades que con fortalezas, son puestos en la escena para que los lectores puedan asomarse al mundo que dio origen a lo que somos ahora, el de los cavernícolas.