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Babylonia
Costanza Casati
Babylonia has become synonymous with lust, excess, and the ruthless power of Ancient Assyria, where one must kill to be king. Semiramis, an orphan raised on the empire’s outskirts, unexpectedly rises to become queen.
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Boudicca’s Daughter
Elodie Harper
Boudicca—infamous warrior, queen of the British Iceni tribe, and mastermind of one of history’s greatest revolts. Her defeat spelled ruin for her people, yet still her name is enough to strike fear into Roman hearts. But what of the woman who grew up in her shadow? Meet Solina. Boudicca’s daughter.
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Circle of Days
A Novel
Ken Follett
Seft, a flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite. Joia is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. Her vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life’s work: Stonehenge.
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Enemy of My Dreams
Jenny Williamson
Roman princess Julia defies her brother’s rule and risks everything to forge a steamy, dangerous alliance with Alaric, the ruthless Visigoth warlord, in a high-stakes game of rebellion, desire and betrayal across Europe.
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House of Two Pharaohs
Wilbur A. Smith
When a scribe is murdered in a sealed vault, Nomarc Piay turns to his mentor-mage, Taita, who must also confront a brilliant adversary plotting to rise as Egypt’s Dark Pharaoh.
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I Am Cleopatra
A Novel
Natasha Solomons
The favored daughter of the Pharaoh, Egyptian Princess Cleopatra spent her childhood hiding amid the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria, dreaming of one day writing her own story. When her father dies, naming both Cleopatra and her selfish brother Ptolemy as his successors to the throne, danger arises.
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Neferura
The Pharaoh’s Daughter
Malayna Evans
Neferura, princess and high priestess of Kemet, knows her duty is to her people. When your mother is the great Pharaoh, it is hard to forget. But Neferura’s unique position at court comes with high stakes for her country, especially when she’s forced to serve her vile half-brother, a man determined to stop Neferura’s potential rise. Peace, it seems, never lasts for women who wield power in the open. Especially when they cross a vengeful man. When Neferura overhears Thutmose’s plot to end her mother’s rule, she knows he must be stopped, no matter the cost. The discovery of a mysterious tattooed wisewoman and her shadowy network of spies offers an uneasy alliance. But the wisewoman wields more power than Neferura knew possible — power with the potential to rival her own. Neferura must decide where her loyalties lie and how much she’s willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves before everything crumbles at the hands of a tyrant.
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Paradises Lost
A Novel
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
“Noam is a young man when the Flood wreaks havoc on the world, destroying the peaceful lakeside village he called home, and turning his life upside down. Destined to live forever as an immortal, Noam travels through the centuries in search of the meaning of life, and the events that shaped human history”–Jacket.