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Novels
The Last of the Wine
Literature; Novels
The Last of the Wine is Mary Renault's first novel set in Ancient Greece, the setting that would become her most important arena. The novel was published in 1956 and is the second of her works to ...
Gates of Fire
Literature; Novels
Gates of Fire is a 1998 historical fiction novel by Steven Pressfield that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae through Xeones, a Spartan Perioikoi and the sole Greek survivor of the battle.
Tides of War
Literature; Novels
Tides of War is a novel by Steven Pressfield, set in the decades following the Peloponnesian War, Jason, a member of the Athenian landowning class, recounts the events of the war to his grandson. ...
The Rage of Achilles
Literature; Novels
The Rage of Achilles is a historical fiction novel about the Trojan War by Terence Hawkins, published in 2009.
The Plot to Save Socrates
Literature; Novels
The Plot to Save Socrates is a time travel novel by Paul Levinson, first published in 2006. Starting in the near future, the novel also has scenes set in the ancient world and Victorian New York.
The Double Tongue
Literature; Novels
The Double Tongue is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously. Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at ...
Owls to Athens
Literature; Novels
Owls to Athens is the fourth book in the Hellenic Traders series by H N Turteltaub. Like the others in the series it is a work of historical fiction concerning the adventures of a pair of Greek ...
