Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of 22 plates : illustrations, map, genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 361 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the legend tells us. But the real-life story of the historical Cleopatra VII is even more compelling. She was the last of seven Cleopatras who ruled Egypt...
