The Shards of Heaven - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shards of Heaven write by Michael Livingston. This book was released on 2015-11-10. The Shards of Heaven available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Michael Livingston's The Shards of Heaven reveals the hidden magic behind the history we know, and commences a war greater than any mere mortal battle Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian prince and adopted brother of Octavian, has embarked on a ruthless quest for the Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of the gods-or the one God. Driven by vengeance, Juba has already attained the fabled Trident of Poseidon, which may also be the staff once wielded by Moses. Now he will stop at nothing to obtain the other Shards, even if it means burning the entire world to the ground. Caught up in these cataclysmic events, and the hunt for the Shards, are a pair of exiled Roman legionnaires, a Greek librarian of uncertain loyalties, assassins, spies, slaves . . . and the ten-year-old daughter of Cleopatra herself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Library of Alexandria
The Library of Alexandria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Library of Alexandria write by Roy MacLeod. This book was released on 2005-01-14. The Library of Alexandria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.
The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria write by Mostafa El-Abbadi. This book was released on 1990. The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers.
The Vanished Library
The Vanished Library - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Vanished Library write by Luciano Canfora. This book was released on 1990-08-29. The Vanished Library available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?
What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? write by Mostafa el- Abbadi. This book was released on 2008. What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.
