Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000. Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the...

"Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic" von Tom Holland ist ein historisches Sachbuch, das die letzten Jahre der Römischen Republik untersucht und die Ereignisse beleuchtet, die zu ihrem Untergang führten. Holland...

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"Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age" von Tom Holland bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Blütezeit des Römischen Reiches, bekannt als die Pax Romana. Das Buch untersucht die Herrschaftsperiode der Kaiser Augustus bis...

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC. It was 2,500 years ago that East and West first went to war. In the early 5th century BC, a global superpower was...

Aufstieg und Untergang der Römischen Republik: Mit stilistischer Brillanz und historischem Scharfsinn erzählt Tom Holland die römische Geschichte von ihren etruskischen Anfängen bis zur Ermordung Caesars. »Erzählte Geschichte vom...

"Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar" von Tom Holland ist ein historisches Sachbuch, das die Geschichte der frühen römischen Kaiser beleuchtet. Es beginnt mit Augustus, dem ersten Kaiser Roms, und verfolgt die Entwicklungen...

Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule...

The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson...

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD'Definitely my book of the year' Bernard Cornwell'A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping...

The award-winning author of Rubicon and a historian of antiquity shows how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination and transformed the world, from Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo. von Holland, Tom

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings,...