Explores some of the finest Romantic piano repertoire for intermediate level pianists (grades 4-6). This title lets you discover the composers & musical styles of France, Russia & America from Debussy & Franck to Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Joplin & Mac Dowell. ...

A personal guide to the best that Rome has to offer, this work helps you to discover the city as locals know it. From The Pantheon to the best hotel in the West (Residenza Paolo VI), it helps you to discover the places to stay, eat, relax, explore & party. ...

Inspired by the ephemera & the colourful illustrations produced in the golden age of printing a hundred years ago. This informative & beautiful volume offers a new way of looking at the sights & social history of the burgeoning capital of Rome in 1905. Presented here are full page paintings by the Italian artist Alberto Pisa, not seen for over a hundred years. Each painting has been reproduced & enlarged to add to its visual impact. ...

Filled with dramatic re-enactments & action-packed battle scenes, Rome: Rise & Fall of an Empire chronicles the story of one of history's greatest empires. Told from the point of view of the Roman people under violent attack, History takes viewers inside the fiery battles of a civilisation crumbling in the face of brutal invasions. Vivid recreations offer a first-hand look at the chaotic state of an empire in flames, while compelling characters on both sides fight for victory. Teeming streets, horseback battles, warring armies & gladiatorial contests coexist with magnificent tales of Roman debauchery & excess. From the first Roman-Barbarian War, History follows the famed empire's slow decline & the human struggle for survival. ...

It's AD 65. Sebastos Pantera, spy to the Emperor Nero, has undertaken the most dangerous of missions. Hunting often alone, with few he can trust, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome's empire, & bring him to bloody justice. Against him is Saulos. Consumed by private enmities & false beliefs, Saulos is pledged to bring about the destruction of an entire Roman province. Brilliantly clever, utterly ruthless, he cares only for his vision of total victory
- & not the death & devastation such a campaign would bring. Between them is the huntress Iksahra. Beautiful & deadly, feared by men, loved by the beasts she cares for, she must decide who to support if she is to avenge her father's death. Fought inside the palace of a royal city & within the rocky fastness of a desert fortress, this will be a conflict between two men who have everything to gain
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From the bestselling author of the Boudica novels, The Fire of Rome is a gripping race-against-time historical adventure in the bestselling tradition of Robert Harriss Pompeii. AD 34: Sebastos Pantera is twelve. Training for the time when he too will be a soldier of Rome, he follows his father to a garden tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem where he watches him greet two men & a heavily pregnant woman. In a moment that changes his life forever, he sees a wounded revolutionary being brought out of the tomb alive... Twenty years later, Pantera returns from five years undercover in Britannia as assassin & spy for the Legions. He is sick of spying, but a deadly combination of old loyalties & a sense of unfinished business combine to lure him homeward to the city of Rome where, his former mentor & spymaster, the Machiavellian Seneca the Younger, charges him with rooting out the revolutionaries responsible for the citys seething unrest. Pantera discovers that the main troublemaker is none other than his closest friend, Saulos, a recent convert to the new religion of Christianity, & Saulos is planning the biggest single act of terrorism the Roman Empire has known. Spying, forbidden secrets, an ancient manuscript & an apocalyptic fire combine in a gripping thriller that will change the way we think about the ancient world. ...

In 70CE, after four years of Jewish rebellion, Roman legions devastated the great city of Jerusalem. Sixty years later, its ruin was completed when Emperor Hadrian built a new city on top of it that Jews were forbidden even to enter. This title explores the history of a titanic struggle whose repercussions are still felt today. ...

Shaped through conflict & conquest, the Roman Empires foundation of success was its legendary military might.

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A new series about exciting places far from home written for young travellers. Covers all the cool stuff kids need to know about Rome. Lively intriguing stories, fascinating facts & a blend of photos, illustrations, cartoons & quirky graphics. Each title in the series is designed to entice a whole new generation of beanbag explorers. ...

In Guide Rome is a stylish guide which takes you straight to the heart of the city. It is illustrated with stunning photographs ...