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In The Shadow Of The Sword - The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World by Tom Holland
29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the anci ...Show more
Millennium - The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
34.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
29.99 NZD
Category: History
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody history' The Times'A book for lovers of traditional, grand sweep narrative history' Sunday TimesThe definitive history of Rome's golden age - antiquity's ultimate ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
39.99 NZD
Category: History
The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee ...Show more
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent by Tom Holland
29.99 NZD
35.00 (14% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shatte ...Show more
Persian Fire - The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
34.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC. First published 2005. Book Information: In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy ...Show more
Rubicon by Tom Holland
32.50 NZD
Category: Fiction
An accessible and exciting narrative history of the final 100 years of the Republic. Fascinating and thrilling, it's international politics as played out by the sopranos.The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hill ...Show more
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe ...Show more
Swim, Bike, Run--Eat: The Complete Guide to Fueling Your Triathlon by Tom Holland
39.99 NZD
Category: Fitness
It's race day and you have your quick-closure running shoes, sleek suits, bikes, goggles, and watches, but if you haven't been training with the proper nutrition, you'll be left in the dust in the third mile. Enter Swim, Bike, Run-Eat to guide you through day one of training to the finish line and help ...Show more
The Rest is History Returns: An A-Z of Historical Curiosities by Tom Dominic; Holland Sandbrook
38.99 NZD
Category: History
From the podcast legends who brought you The Rest is History comes The Rest is History Returns. This time Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history's best and most bizarre moments! Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution, jour ...Show more
The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast by Tom; Sand Goalhanger; Holland Podcasts
26.99 NZD
Category: History
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys - there's a new history book in town. 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 a ...Show more
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