In ‘Hannibal in de Alpen’ legt Jona Lendering uit waarom we niet kunnen weten waar de Karthaagse veldheer Hannibal in 218 v.Chr. Italië binnenviel en toont hij de veelkleurigheid van de oudheidkunde. Lees meer
In 'Hannibals meesterzet' beschrijft Adrian Goldsworthy de bekendste slag uit de oudheid: de Slag bij Cannae in 216 v.Chr., een enorme nederlaag voor het Romeinse leger. Lees meer
‘Het oude Rome in vijftig monumenten’ van Archeoloog Paul Roberts is een prachtig geïllustreerde rondreis langs alle gebouwen en monumenten die het oude Rome vormden. Lees meer
'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple
'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' The Times
Ancient Greece and Rome are considered the parents of Western civilisation. But the ancient world was much more interconnected than we realise - a place of constant exchange, commerce and theft, sex, war and enslavement.
Journeying from the Levant of 2500 BC to the dawn of the Age of Exploration, Josephine Quinn argues that the roots of the West can be found in everything from Indian mathematics to the chariots of the Steppe, from Arabic poetry to the Phoenician art of sailing. The result is an epic and revelatory history of our shared past.
'Superb, refreshing and full of delights, this is world history at its best' Simon Sebag-Montefiore ‘Full of little gem-like shifts of perspective’ Guardian ‘Scintillates with its focus on the unexpected’ Economist ‘A work of great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination’ Rory Stewart ‘This is, in every way, a big book’ Times Literary Supplement
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2025 A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Observer, Economist, Guardian, BBC History Magazine, i-paper and History Today
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeologyTwo strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’, becomes the springboard for a dialogue that weaves a fascinating tale.Archaeologist Theodore Papakostas takes the reader on a spectacularly iconoclastic and hugely engrossing journey through ancient Greece, from its beginnings in prehistory to its end. Marvelling at the exalted moments in history as well as the more mundane, Papakostas introduces the reader to countless fascinating stories about the cradle of western civilisation – many of which upend received wisdom about the empire as well as about archaeology itself. Along the way, he settles questions such as: What did a Minoan princess pack for a trip to Egypt? How did a raunchy dance lead to the birth of Democracy? Why did Heraclitus suggest that Homer should be slapped?A whistle-stop tour through three hundred years of Greek history, How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator is an unforgettable love letter to the treasures we’ve inherited from the ancient world, as well as to those who have helped us unearth them. Lees meer
