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  • The Twelve Caesars

    Suetonius' scandalous classic is reborn for the 21st century in a brilliant new translation by James Coverley.The Roman Empire was the ultimate stage - a world where emperors had to perform, seduce, and dominate. To rule as a Caesar was to command history itself. And no ancient chronicler brings us closer to these men than Suetonius, whose scandalous, incisive biographies reveal the triumphs and ... Read more

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  • The Cicero Trilogy

    From the bestselling author of Conclave

    by Robert Harris ...
    This epic trilogy by Robert Harris includes his bestselling novels: Imperium, Lustrum and DictatorImperium - Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, Imperium takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.Lustrum - From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Dictator

    From the bestselling author of Conclave

    by Robert Harris ...
    Series Book 3 - Cicero Trilogy
    **ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW**'Harris is our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' DAILY MAIL'Climatic in every sense . . . I could not put it down' GUARDIANThere was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Cicero's comeback requires wit, sk... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Agrippa

    by Robert Harris ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the internationally bestselling author of Conclave, Precipice and the acclaimed Cicero trilogy comes a sweeping new political thriller about the general who built an empire—and paid the ultimate price. Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of ancient Rome on the edge of dictatorship, a novel for our times.**In the turbulent aftermath of Julius Caesar’s ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Dynasty

    The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

    by Tom Holland ...
    'A masterly account of this first wicked century of the Roman Empire' Sunday Times'Holland does not just tell the story of the reign of the Julio-Claudian family. He knits the history of ancient Rome into his narrative - its founding myths, the fall of the republic, the religious superstitions - with a skill so dextrous you don't notice the stitching. Dynasty is both a formidable effort to compile ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Survival

    An epic historical adventure novel

    Series Book 1 - Rome's Invincibles
    Caesar is dead. Revenge has armed his hand. His name is Octavian. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane.Though little more than a boy, Octavian, Caesar's heir is determined to avenge his adoptive father's death.Battling against some of Rome's most imposing political figures, Octavian surrounds himself with a group of loyal allies who are as determined as himself to success: Maecenas, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Age of Gladiators

    The great spectacles of ancient Rome have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust and glory. In the arena, the games were savage and brutal. Gladiators fought each other to the death, wild animals were put to fight each other and criminals were executed by barbaric means. Military victories were marked by the Triumphs when generals paraded through the city, the defeated were sacrificed to ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise of Rome

    The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STARFrom Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian*,* comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known.Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Pax

    War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

    by Tom Holland ...
    From an award-winning historian, the definitive account of the golden age of Rome—an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness.**“Rarely has the distant past seemed so vividly alive.” —**Financial TimesThe Pax Romana has long been shorthand for the empire’s golden age. Stretching from Caledonia to Arabia, Rome ruled over a quarter of the world’s population. It was the wealthiest and ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Augustus

    The Life of Rome's First Emperor

    He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, ... Read more

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  • The Twelve Caesars

    'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Nero

    Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome

    **A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome“Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.”—Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium**The Roman emperor Nero’s name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the ... Read more

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