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Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC
Written by Raffaele DiAmato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece... Read more >
Written by Raffaele DiAmato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece... Read more >
Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $14.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece... Read more >
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $14.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece... Read more >
New Kingdom Egypt
Written by Mark Healy
Illustrated by Angus McBride
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's examination of the New Kingdom of Egypt (16th - 11th Century BC) and it's people. Builders of the Pyramids and most ancient of all the powers of the biblical world, the Egyptians remain one of history's most fascinating and enigmatic peoples. During the New Kingdom era, Egypt reached the peak... Read more >
Written by Mark Healy
Illustrated by Angus McBride
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's examination of the New Kingdom of Egypt (16th - 11th Century BC) and it's people. Builders of the Pyramids and most ancient of all the powers of the biblical world, the Egyptians remain one of history's most fascinating and enigmatic peoples. During the New Kingdom era, Egypt reached the peak... Read more >
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The War of Horus and Set
Written by David McIntee
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
Egyptian mythology tells us that long ago the brother gods Osiris and Set ruled peacefully over the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, each in his own kingdom. But over time Set came to covet his brother's lands and crown, and eventually the temptation overwhelmed him. Usurping Osiris' throne, Set began... Read more >
Written by David McIntee
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
Egyptian mythology tells us that long ago the brother gods Osiris and Set ruled peacefully over the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, each in his own kingdom. But over time Set came to covet his brother's lands and crown, and eventually the temptation overwhelmed him. Usurping Osiris' throne, Set began... Read more >
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Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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The First Clash
The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
Written by Jim Lacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
“A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.”—Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command
Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. In this... Read more >
The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
Written by Jim Lacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
“A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.”—Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command
Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. In this... Read more >
Alexander 334-323 BC
Conquest of the Persian Empire
Written by John Warry
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Alexander of Macedonia was undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of all time. This book, by John Warry, an expert on the warfare of the Classical world, examines the principle battles of Alexander's campaigns in detail. The battles of the Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, Hydaspes and the difficult siege of Tyre are... Read more >
Conquest of the Persian Empire
Written by John Warry
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Alexander of Macedonia was undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of all time. This book, by John Warry, an expert on the warfare of the Classical world, examines the principle battles of Alexander's campaigns in detail. The battles of the Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, Hydaspes and the difficult siege of Tyre are... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Jason and the Argonauts
Written by Neil Smith
Illustrated by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $17.95
The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many of Greece's greatest heroes such as... Read more >
Written by Neil Smith
Illustrated by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $17.95
The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many of Greece's greatest heroes such as... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Jason and the Argonauts
Written by Neil Smith
Illustrated by Jose Pena
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many of Greece's greatest heroes such as... Read more >
Written by Neil Smith
Illustrated by Jose Pena
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many of Greece's greatest heroes such as... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Strongholds of the Picts
The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
When the Romans left Britain around AD 410 the island had not been fully subjugated. In the Celtic fringe of Caledonia - now Northern Scotland - these unconquered native peoples were presented with the opportunity to pillage what remained of Roman Britain. By way of response the Post-Roman Britons of what... Read more >
The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
When the Romans left Britain around AD 410 the island had not been fully subjugated. In the Celtic fringe of Caledonia - now Northern Scotland - these unconquered native peoples were presented with the opportunity to pillage what remained of Roman Britain. By way of response the Post-Roman Britons of what... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The Forts of Judaea 168 BC-AD 73
From the Maccabees to the Fall of Masada
Written by Samuel Rocca
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73. Read more >
From the Maccabees to the Fall of Masada
Written by Samuel Rocca
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73. Read more >
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The Murder of Cleopatra
History's Greatest Cold Case
Written by Pat Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 270 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $20.00
A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that she desperately ended her life with the bite of an asp... Read more >
History's Greatest Cold Case
Written by Pat Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 270 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $20.00
A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that she desperately ended her life with the bite of an asp... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Murder of Cleopatra
History's Greatest Cold Case
Written by Pat Brown
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.99
A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that she desperately ended her life with the bite of an asp... Read more >
History's Greatest Cold Case
Written by Pat Brown
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.99
A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that she desperately ended her life with the bite of an asp... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Modern Library Collection (Complete and Unabridged)
Written by Edward Gibbon
Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 2736 pages
On Sale: January 28, 2013
Price: $39.99
This Modern Library eBook edition collects all six volumes of Edward Gibbon’s towering masterpiece of classical history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—complete and unabridged.
Edward Gibbon’s magnum opus narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in... Read more >
Written by Edward Gibbon
Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 2736 pages
On Sale: January 28, 2013
Price: $39.99
This Modern Library eBook edition collects all six volumes of Edward Gibbon’s towering masterpiece of classical history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—complete and unabridged.
Edward Gibbon’s magnum opus narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in... Read more >
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A Jew Among Romans
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian, is...
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A Jew Among Romans
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $14.99
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $14.99
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian, is...
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Warships of the Ancient World
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $13.95
The world’s first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility... Read more >
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $13.95
The world’s first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Warships of the Ancient World
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $17.95
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated since they allowed war to be carried to distant lands, allowing for the first time the rise of empires unrestricted by maritime boundaries. The... Read more >
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $17.95
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated since they allowed war to be carried to distant lands, allowing for the first time the rise of empires unrestricted by maritime boundaries. The... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
Written by Toby Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $20.00
“Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”—Los Angeles Times
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • Publishers Weekly
In this landmark volume, one of the world’s most renowned Egyptologists tells the... Read more >
Written by Toby Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $20.00
“Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”—Los Angeles Times
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • Publishers Weekly
In this landmark volume, one of the world’s most renowned Egyptologists tells the... Read more >
Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
Written by Kaveh Farrokh
Illustrated by Angus McBride
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $14.95
The Sassanians ruled the last great imperial Empire of Persia before the Arab conquests of the 7th century. Rome’s only equal in the classical world, the Sassanian Empire had an enormous impact on the development of architecture, mythology, arts, music, military tactics and technology. Within the Sassanian military, the cavalry was... Read more >
Written by Kaveh Farrokh
Illustrated by Angus McBride
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $14.95
The Sassanians ruled the last great imperial Empire of Persia before the Arab conquests of the 7th century. Rome’s only equal in the classical world, the Sassanian Empire had an enormous impact on the development of architecture, mythology, arts, music, military tactics and technology. Within the Sassanian military, the cavalry was... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Macedonian Armies after Alexander 323-168 BC
Written by Nicholas Sekunda
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $13.95
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander’s circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander’s conquests gave way to a period of bloody and prolonged warfare. For well... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Sekunda
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $13.95
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander’s circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander’s conquests gave way to a period of bloody and prolonged warfare. For well... Read more >
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Macedonian Armies after Alexander, 323-168 BC
Written by Nicholas Sekunda
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander's circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander's conquests gave way to a period of bloody and prolonged warfare (322-275 BC)... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Sekunda
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander's circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander's conquests gave way to a period of bloody and prolonged warfare (322-275 BC)... Read more >
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Ghost on the Throne
The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.00
The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.00
When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his...
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Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC - AD 1644
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $13.95
It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border... Read more >
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $13.95
It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border... Read more >
