PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
Pax Romana was considered to be the Golden Age of Roman rule across most of Europe and beyond. It covers the period from 68AD to the death of Hadrian in 138AD. Rome at the time ruled over a quarter of the...
HOLLAND, Tom
Millennium
Tom Holland tackles the history of Europe which is split into factional kingdoms two centuries either side of the year 1000, the first millennium after Christ. His thesis is that the anarchy of the supposed...
In the Shadow of the Sword
Somewhat surprisingly, this is not really a book about the birth of Islam. It is rather a sweeping history of the centuries in which Islam appeared and thrived. Rather than conquest being the reason for its...
Rubicon
With the unstoppable rise of the Roman Republic over centuries, this book deals with its downfall under the command of Sula, Pompey and Caesar. Holland summaries the foundations of the Republic, its history...
Dominion
Dominion is an impressive synthesis of the history of the Christian world with a view to the influence of Christianity on Western thought, hence the subtitle The Making of the Western Mind...
El sueño de Tutankamon
A book that seems part historical novel, part Gothic horror story, and part true confessions. Using as a start the discovery of Tutankamon’s tomb, Holland constructs a Gothic tale around the curse that...