{"product_id":"royal-mysteries-of-the-ancient-timothy-venning-9781036123840","title":"Royal Mysteries of the Ancient World","description":"\u003cb\u003eRulers of the Ancient World shape power dynamics through intimate, often deadly rivalries and empires.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMysteries of rulers of Ancient World, Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia in Near East and Middle East involving great empire - Persia (modern Iran) - when the huge region was the centre of world geopolitics. Text is deeply researched in primary and secondary sources. History and legend are set out and distinguished. The period goes up to the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine the Great, and includes key figures - Cyrus the Great, Darius, Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Claudius, Mark Antony, Augustus, Caligula - many known to readers. And the story has fascinating intimate and even murderous accounts of competition among the elite, both admirable and incompetent, and even sordid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Venning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036123847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036123840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Timothy Venning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097262301439,"sku":"9781036123840","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/royal-mysteries-of-the-ancient-timothy-venning-9781036123840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}