"Napoleon in Egypt" von Paul Strathern bietet eine detaillierte Darstellung von Napoleons ägyptischer Expedition, die von 1798 bis 1801 stattfand. Das Buch schildert, wie Napoleon Bonaparte mit einer Armee und einer Gruppe von...

A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires. von Strathern, Paul

A wickedly entertaining read' The TimesA Daily Mail Book of the WeekThe sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici.The Borgias have become a byword for evil....

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a...