The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. This introduction covers the history of the empire at its height, looking at its people, religions & social structures. It explains how it deployed violence, 'romanisation', & tactical power to develop an ...

Old friends will clash, armies will collide… let there be blood.

50 AD. The Invasion is over & Roman legions spread

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The first in a two-part study, this is an exploration of Roman military clothing between 100 BC & AD 200. It draws upon written, pictorial, sculptural & archaeological sources to reconstruct the appearance of the Roman soldier on all those occasions when his armour did not conceal him. ...

The second in a two-part study, this is an exploration of Roman military clothing from the late Republic to the end of the Empire. It draws upon written, pictorial, sculptural & archaeological sources to reconstruct the appearance of the Roman soldier. ...

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Includes:: fifteen stories from Roman mythology by prize-winning author Geraldine Mc Caughrean,

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Roman Halter is a schoolboy in 1939 when he & his family gather behind net curtains to watch the Volksdeutsch neighbours of their small town in western Poland greeting the arrival of Hitler's armies with kisses & swastika flags. Within days, the family home has been seized, 12 year-old Roman becomes a slave of the local SS chief. ...

The Romance Angels are a group of cherubic angels who are focused upon all things love related. Anyone can call upon these beings, & they're able to help unlimited numbers of people simultaneously. This title means that you can receive angelic guidance about your romantic status, & conduct trustworthy readings for your friends & clients. ...

Romantic novelist E J Pugh has been nominated for a Lady, a coveted award from the American Romance Writers' Association. The convention is to be held in nearby Austin, Texas so E J is going & will be sharing a room with bestselling author Maybella La Ru ...

The fourth book in Julia Quinn’s globally bestselling, Regency-set, Bridgerton Family series, now the inspiration for the Netflix series Bridgerton created by Shondal&. Welcome to Colin & Penelope’s long-awaited story … Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London... Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for... well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret... & fears she doesn’t know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him.  But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same – especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is sudd... ...

Reaching its peak in the 11th & 12th centuries, the Romanesque movement was marked by a peculiar, vivid, & often monumental expressiveness in architecture & fine arts. The main centres were located in Italy, France, the German-language countries, Spain, & Engl&, though the voices of Scandinavia & Eastern Europe expressed themselves distinctly in the genre, which patterned itself on antique & Byzantine art. Despite untold losses, countless Romanesque masterpieces remain preserved today. Highlights include: Frescoes in Galliano near Cantu, Sant' Angelo in Formis, Saint Chef, Saint-Savin-sur Gartempe, Lambach, S. Pietro al Monte near Civate, S. Clemente in Rome, from S. Maria de Tahull, Berze-la-Ville, Tavant, Panteon de los Reyes in Leon, Castel Appiano, from Sigena; the golden Altar-Piece from Lisbjerg; the Bayeux Tapestry; stained glasses in the Cathedral of Augsburg & Le Mans, mosaics in S. Clemete, Rome, & in S. Marco, Venice; coloured panels und crosses from La Seo de Urgel, Sarzana & the panted ceiling in St. Michael, Hildesheim; sculptures in Souillac, Autun, Santiago de Compostela; & examples of metalwork, of manuscripts & enamels. Each book in TASCHEN's " Basic Genre" series

Features: a detailed introduction with Approx. 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period, & a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image &, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work & brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations.

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