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The Classical World

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Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World brings together the epic histories of Greece and Rome. His panoramic account spans centuries of change, from the foundation of the world's first democracy to the expansion of the Roman Empire, and brings to life such great figures as Homer, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus. Spellbinding and stimulating, it illuminates two civilizations that dominated the ancient world and still inspire and enlighten us today.

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Robin Lane Fox

The Classical World
Robin Lane Fox

$9.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World brings together the epic histories of Greece and Rome. His panoramic account spans centuries of change, from the foundation of the world's first democracy to the expansion of the Roma... More »

The Classical World: The Epic History Of Greece And Rome
Robin Lane Fox

$29.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or th... More »


Pagans And Christians
Robin Lane Fox

$29.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )

How did Christianity compare and compete with the cults of the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This scholarly work from award-winning historian, Robin Lane Fox, places Christians and pagans side by side in the context of... More »

Unauthorized Version
Robin Lane Fox

$26.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )

The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true? Starting with Genesis and the implicit background to the birth of Christ, Robin Lane Fox sets out to discover how far biblical descriptions o... More »


Alexander The Great
Robin Lane Fox

$22.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk )

Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire compri... More »

Travelling Heroes: The Greeks And Their Myths In The Epic Age of Homer
Robin Lane Fox

$59.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime's familiarity with Greek literature and history wit... More »



Robin Lane Fox

The Classical World
Robin Lane Fox

$9.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World brings together the epic histories of Greece and Rome. His panoramic account spans centuries of change, from the foundation of the world's first democracy to the expansion of the Roma... More »

Travelling Heroes: The Greeks And Their Myths In The Epic Age of Homer
Robin Lane Fox

$59.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime's familiarity with Greek literature and history wit... More »


Unauthorized Version
Robin Lane Fox

$26.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )

The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true? Starting with Genesis and the implicit background to the birth of Christ, Robin Lane Fox sets out to discover how far biblical descriptions o... More »

Alexander The Great
Robin Lane Fox

$22.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk )

Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire compri... More »



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