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Bloomsbury presents Rome – City in Terror by Victor Failmezger, read by Mark Meadows. 'Victor Failmezger’s passion for the city of Rome is matched by his extensive knowledge of its dark recent past.' – Joshua Levine, author of Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture In...

Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on our imagination? City of the Seven Hills, spiritual home of Catholic Christianity, city of the artistic imagination, enduring symbol of our common European heritage - Rome has inspired, charmed, and tempted empire-builders, dreamers, writers, and travelers across the 27 centuries of its existence. Ferdinand Addis tells its rich story in a grand narrative style for a new generation of listeners.

Bloomsbury presents… Rome: Eternal City Standard pronunciation Written and read by Ferdinand Addis The sweeping story of the city of Rome, told through twenty-two moments that shaped its history. ***A Times History Book of the Year*** 'Vivid, pacey... Superb' The Times. 'Grand narrative...

In this expert guide to the ancient city, Dr Philip Matyszak takes us on a tour of ancient Rome's most fascinating and important sites and locations, revealing the secrets of the beating heart of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.

Any travel guide to Rome will urge visitors to go the Colosseum, but none answers a simple question: Why is it called the Colosseum? The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of the Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire.

This book is written for educated general readers, history enthusiasts, travelers, and students who are fascinated by ancient Rome but may feel overwhelmed by academic histories or fragmented archaeological accounts. Many readers know Pompeii only as a city destroyed by a volcano, yet struggle to understand what daily life was truly like, why the city mattered, and how archaeologists reconstruct its story from ruins and ash. This book bridges that gap by transforming evidence into a vivid, human narrative. History Of Pompeii: A City Frozen in Time invites you to walk the streets of a living...

How did the preaching of a peasant carpenter from Galilee spark a movement that would grow to include over two billion followers? Who listened to this "good news," and who ignored it? Where did Christianity spread, and how? Based on quantitative data and the latest scholarship, preeminent scholar and journalist Rodney Stark presents new and startling information about the rise of the early church, overturning many prevailing views of how Christianity grew through time to become the largest religion in the world.

Embark on a journey through the ancient and modern wonders of Rome with “Mysteries of Rome: 33 Hidden Stories from a Sacred City” by David Petault. This captivating collection delves into the lesser-known, intriguing tales that have shaped the city’s rich and diverse history. From the mysterious disappearance of Romulus, Rome’s legendary founder, to the enigmatic death of Pope John Paul I, these stories reveal the hidden gems and unsolved mysteries of Rome. Discover the strange case of the Galli, priests dedicated to the worship of the Great Mother Cybele, and the haunting ghost of ...

Hidden places, extraordinary stories—a journey into the Rome few ever see. Bestselling author and Vatican insider Andreas Englisch takes us beyond the familiar sights of the Eternal City to places where history still lies just beneath the surface. Together with the young Roman Leo, he follows...

The day a Roman city died — and the seventeen centuries that gave it back to us. On the morning of an autumn day in 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius did something it had not done in living memory. A column of ash and pumice climbed twenty miles into the sky above the Bay of Naples. By the next morning, two cities, several towns, and dozens of luxury villas had ceased to exist. Pompeii — a market town of around twelve thousand people, ten miles south of modern Naples — was buried beneath superheated volcanic surges that sealed everything they touched at the moment of death. That burial is the ...

One of the most remarkable historical works of the 19th century came from the pen of French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, a native of Paris. This amazing analysis of family and religious life among the ancient Greeks and Romans is the key to understanding ancient Mediterranean civilizations. The story begins in the misty period of the Bronze Age as the Indo-Europeans began to filter down into the Italian and Greek peninsulas. They brought with them a patriarchy that was based on ancestor worship and the veneration of hearth gods.

Elegant, secretive Sabina may be empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife's edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband, Hadrian, Rome's brilliant and sinister emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix's beautiful son, Antinous, has become the emperor's latest obsession.

In this seventh installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies works to prevent a dangerous criminal from escaping prison in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne. The City Spies are...

A city on the brink of disaster. A slave girl with a deadly secret. Disguised as a young man, Ariella escapes life as a Jewish slave in Rome, only to be sold into a traveling gladiator troupe. Waiting for her moment to gain fame and then freedom, she keeps her identity secret. But when she arrives to fight in Pompeii, a Roman politician-turned-winemaker shows too much curiosity, and Ariella must harden her heart against Cato’s interest. And then there’s Jeremiah, the aged barracks slave who whispers of a new sect of Jews called Christians, who offer a different way of life. All the ...

The Complete Story of Rome — From Romulus to Pope Leo XIV. Nearly three thousand years ago, a small Iron Age village rose on a hill above the river Tiber and grew into the city that would, in time, reshape the Western world. From the legendary twins suckled by a she-wolf to the Caesars who ruled an empire of fifty million, from the marble of Augustus to the brushstrokes of Michelangelo, from the sack of 1527 to the historic election of the first American pope in 2025, Rome's story is one of the most extraordinary in human history — and it has never been told with greater care, accuracy,...

In this sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies stages a rescue in Rome in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne. Cairo, the newest member of the City Spies, takes the...

Most guidebooks tell you how to skip the line at the Vatican. This one tells you why the line is there in the first place. The Curious Traveler in Rome: 10 Reasons We Can't Stop Visiting the Eternal City isn't a checklist or a glossy photo album. It's a smart, engaging companion for travelers who want to understand what they're seeing. Why do millions flock to the Colosseum every year? How did pilgrimage turn into the world's first tourism industry? What goes on at the Roman Forum today? Why does Rome feel so alive in its chaos, even today? Each chapter explores one of the forces that ...

Andreas Englisch and his son Leo once again delve into the mysteries of the Eternal City, drawing us to its hidden corners and concealed treasures. The legacy of an elderly woman sets father and son on the trail of a series of enigmatic places linked by a single, unsettling belief: to this day...

Award-winning ancient historian, archaeologist, and social media sensation Dr. Jess Venner re-creates Pompeii’s final day before Mount Vesuvius’s eruption, revealing not just how its people died but how they lived. While today the ruins of Pompeii stand silent and preserved in ash and stone...

Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was - more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? - and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath....