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The Ghosts of Athens (Death of Rome Saga Book Five)

The Ghosts of Athens (Death of Rome Saga Book Five)
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1848947046

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The fifth book in the DEATH OF ROME SAGA is an exhilarating thriller and perfect for readers of Ben Kane and Simon Scarrow. 612 AD. No longer the glorious cradle of all art and science, Athens is a ruined provincial city in one of the Byzantine Empire's less vital provinces. The Emperor has diverted Aelric's ship home from Egypt to send him there, but surely there is more important business in Constantinople. Isn't Aelric needed to save the Empire's finances? Is Aelric on a high level mission to save the Empire or has he been set up to fail? The only certainty is that Aelric finds himself in a derelict palace of dark and endless corridors that Martin, his cowardly secretary, assures him pulse will an ancient evil.


The Ghosts of Athens

The Ghosts of Athens
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1925-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781444709698

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It is 612 A.D. and Aelric - senator of the Roman Empire - is forced to divert the Imperial galley to Athens. Finding a demoralized and corrupt city, Aelric will have to call upon all his formidable intellect and lethal ingenuity to survive his enemies inside and outside the city walls.


The Death of Rome Saga 4-6

The Death of Rome Saga 4-6
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 1561
Release: 2015-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473628164

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Three page-turning, exhilarating thrillers from Richard Blake: THE SWORD OF DAMASCUS, THE GHOSTS OF ATHENS and THE CURSE OF BABYLON. Available together as a digital-only package for the first time. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow.


Haunted Greece and Rome

Haunted Greece and Rome
Author: Debbie Felton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2010-07-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0292789246

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Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots. The author begins by examining ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories which arose from these beliefs. She then focuses on the longer stories of Plautus, Pliny, and Lucian, which concern haunted houses. Her analysis illuminates the oral and literary transmission and adaptation of folkloric motifs and the development of the ghost story as a literary form. In her concluding chapter, the author also traces the influence of ancient ghost stories on modern ghost story writers, a topic that will interest all readers and scholars of tales of hauntings.


The Blood of Alexandria (Death of Rome Saga Book Three)

The Blood of Alexandria (Death of Rome Saga Book Three)
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1444711539

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The third book of the DEATH OF ROME SAGA, perfect for readers of Ben Kane and Simon Scarrow. 612 AD. Aelric of England has become the Lord Senator Alaric and the trusted Legate of the Emperor Heraclius. He's now in Alexandria, to send Egypt's harvest to Constantinople, and to force the unwilling Viceroy to give land to the peasants. But the city, with its factions and conspirators - thwarts him at every turn. And when an old enemy from Constantinople arrives, supposedly on a quest for a religious relic that could turn the course of the Persian war, the ensuing chaos may be enough to rip Egypt - and Aelric - apart.


Conspiracies of Rome

Conspiracies of Rome
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2021-11-03
Genre:
ISBN:

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Rome, 609 AD Empire is a fading memory. Repeatedly fought over and plundered, the City is falling into ruins. Killers prowl by night. Far off, in Constantinople, the Emperor has other concerns as The Church is beginning to flex its own imperial muscle. Enter Aelric of England: young and beautiful, sexually uninhibited, heroic, if ruthlessly violent - and hungry for the learning of a world that is dying around him. A deadly brawl outside Rome sucks him straight into the high politics of Empire. Soon, Aelric is involved in a race against time to find answers before he ends up as just another corpse in the gutter. Praise for the Novels of Richard Blake 'Fascinating to read, very well written, an intriguing plot and I enjoyed it very much.' - Derek Jacobi, star of I Claudius and Gladiator 'Vivid characters, devious plotting and buckets of gore are enhanced by his unfamiliar choice of period.... Nasty, fun and educational.' - The Daily Telegraph 'He knows how to deliver a fast-paced story and his grasp of the period is impressively detailed.' - The Mail on Sunday 'A rollicking and raunchy read . . . Anyone who enjoys their history with large dollops of action, sex, intrigue and, above all, fun will absolutely love this novel.' - Historical Novels 'It would be hard to over-praise this extraordinary series, a near-perfect blend of historical detail and atmosphere with the plot of a conspiracy thriller, vivid characters, high philosophy and vulgar comedy.' - The Morning Star Richard Blake is a pseudonym for Sean Gabb, who is an historian, writer and university lecturer. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter.


Ghost on the Throne

Ghost on the Throne
Author: James Romm
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307456609

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When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death—were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander’s Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule “to the strongest,” fought to gain supremacy. Perhaps their most fascinating and conniving adversary was Alexander’s former Greek secretary, Eumenes, now a general himself, who would be the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. James Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world’s greatest empire.


Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Author: Daniel Ogden
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195151237

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In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.