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The Burgundians
A Vanished Empire
2024 || Paperback || Bart Van Loo || Bloomsbury Publishing
The story of the Burgundian elite and its remarkable court and culture, a medieval and early modern epic of dynastic struggle, artistic achievement and eventual extinction.
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The Children of Athena
Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC–AD 400
2024 || Paperback || Charles Freeman || Bloomsbury Publishing
A compelling and fascinating portrait of the continuing intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome.
In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life would continue to ...
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The Rest is History
The official book from the makers of the hit podcast
2024 || Paperback || Goalhanger Podcasts e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys . . . There's a new history book in town. Pre-order your copy now.
From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask:
- Did the Trojan War actuall...
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Powers and Thrones
A New History of the Middle Ages
2024 || Paperback || Dan Jones || Bloomsbury Publishing
Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.