River Of Gold Empire Xi

Author : Anthony Riches
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473628861

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River of Gold: Empire XI by Anthony Riches Pdf

Don't miss the latest instalment in the Empire series, Vengeance, which is available to pre-order now! Coming November 2021. After saving the emperor's life in Rome, Marcus and his comrades have been sent across the sea to the wealthy, corrupt Greek metropolis of Aegyptus, Alexandria. An unknown enemy has slaughtered the garrison of the Empire's last outpost before its border with the mysterious kingdom of Kush. Caravans can no longer reach the crucial Red Sea port of Berenike, from which the riches of the East flow towards Rome. The Emperor's most trusted and most devious adviser has ordered Marcus's commander Scaurus and his trusted officers to the south. With orders that are tantamount to a suicide mission, and with only one slim hope of success. Can a small force of highly trained legionaries restore the Empire's power in this remote desert no-man's-land, when faced by the fanatical army of Kush's iron-fisted ruler?

Author : Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190253233

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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood by Anthony Kaldellis Pdf

In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, and finally in the Georgian and Armenian lands. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. It was also expanding economically, demographically, and, in time, intellectually as well. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks in the east and the Normans in the west brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, not only was its dominance of southern Italy, the Balkans, Caucasus, and northern Mesopotamia over but Byzantium's very existence was threatened. How did this dramatic transformation happen? Based on a close examination of the relevant sources, this history-the first of its kind in over a century-offers a new reconstruction of the key events and crucial reigns as well as a different model for understanding imperial politics and wars, both civil and foreign. In addition to providing a badly needed narrative of this critical period of Byzantine history, Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood offers new interpretations of key topics relevant to the medieval era. The narrative unfolds in three parts: the first covers the years 955-1025, a period of imperial conquest and consolidation of authority under the great emperor Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer." The second (1025-1059) examines the dispersal of centralized authority in Constantinople as well as the emergence of new foreign enemies (Pechenegs, Seljuks, and Normans). The last section chronicles the spectacular collapse of the empire during the second half of the eleventh century, concluding with a look at the First Crusade and its consequences for Byzantine relations with the powers of Western Europe. This briskly paced and thoroughly investigated narrative vividly brings to life one of the most exciting and transformative eras of medieval history.

Author : Anthony Riches
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473628908

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Vengeance: Empire XII by Anthony Riches Pdf

After saving the Empire's richest province from a foreign army, Marcus and the men who protect him have been in hiding. Their lives will be forfeit if they are seen in Rome. But times have changed. Marcus's protector, the patrician legion commander Scaurus, has been summoned home by his mentor, a powerful senator who has decided he must act to save the empire from its debauched ruler's reign of terror. Rome is a hotbed of conspiracy and treachery: and the senator is not the only contender for power. The emperor himself plans to destroy those he mistrusts and no-one is safe. Marcus is assigned his own, unique role in the conspiracy. He will become a gladiator once more. But this time, his only opponent will be Commodus himself . . .

Author : Guy Gavriel Kay
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780670068401

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River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay Pdf

In "Under Heaven," Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China's Tang Dynasty. Now, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author revisits that invented setting four centuries later with an epic of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, bandits, and soldiers.

Author : Anthony Riches
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Aquila, Marcus Valerius (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 1444732005

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Thunder of the Gods: Empire VIII by Anthony Riches Pdf

Centurion Marcus Aquila and the Tungrians march East, to the heart of the Parthian empire. Ordered to relieve the siege of an isolated fortress, their task is doomed to bloody failure unless they can turn the disaffected Third Legion into a fighting force capable of resisting the terrifying Parthian cataphracts. And Marcus must travel to the enemy capital Ctesiphon on a desperate mission, the only man who can persuade the King of Kings to halt a war that threatens the humiliation of the empire and the slaughter of his friends. Acclaim for Empire 'Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both.'Conn Iggulden 'A damn fine read . . . fast-paced, action-packed.' Ben Kane 'Muscular in prose and approach, the novel is riveting and direct.' History Today on The Leopard Sword Find out more about Anthony Riches' books at www.anthonyriches.com

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399790

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XI by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XI "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Leo Tolstoi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732632831

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi Pdf

Reproduction of the original: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi

Author : Virgil
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:8596547208143

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The Aeneid by Virgil Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Aeneid" by Virgil. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Anthony Riches
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444732030

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Altar of Blood: Empire IX by Anthony Riches Pdf

Don't miss the latest instalment in the Empire series, Vengeance, which is available to pre-order now! Coming November 2021. 'A master of the genre' The Times The Tungrians have no sooner returned to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission to their desperate exploits in Parthia. Ordered to cross the river Rhenus into barbarian Germany and capture a tribal priestess who may be the most dangerous person on the empire's northern border, they are soon subject to the machinations of an old enemy who will stop at nothing to sabotage their plans before they have even set foot on the river's eastern bank. But after their Roman enemy is neutralised they face a challenge greater still. With two of the Bructeri tribe's greatest treasures in their hands they must regain Roman territory by crossing the unforgiving wilderness that was the graveyard of Roman imperial strategy two hundred years before. And capture by the Bructeri's vengeful chieftain and his warband can only end in one way - a horrific sacrificial death on the tribe's altar of blood.

Author : Peter Heather
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195325416

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The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather Pdf

Shows how Europe's barbarians, strengthened by centuries of contact with Rome on many levels, turned into an enemy capable of overturning and dismantling the mighty Empire.

Author : Jean-Baptiste Du Halde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1741
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015030805827

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The General History of China by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015051610437

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The World Book Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Author : J. G. Ballard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476737539

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Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard Pdf

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China. Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. Shanghai, 1941 -- a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world. Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.

Author : Stefan Eklöf Amirell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108484213

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Pirates of Empire by Stefan Eklöf Amirell Pdf

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Roger Crowley
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571290918

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Conquerors by Roger Crowley Pdf

As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade. Told with Roger Crowley's customary skill and verve, this is narrative history at its most vivid - a epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts, it brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men such as Afonso de Albuquerque, the first European since Alexander the Great to found an Asian empire - who set in motion five hundred years of European colonisation and unleashed the forces of globalisation.