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Great Loves
For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war - but what about love?
Mark Antony's love for Cleopatra led to war between Rome and Egypt; Emperor Xuanzang of Tang relinquished the Mandate of Heaven for Yang Guifei; and the English Reformation was borne out of Henry VIII's passion for Anne Boleyn. Over the centuries since, these great loves - and many others - have been celebrated, recorded, and memorialized to stand alongside the annals of war, peace, and politics that have moulded today's world.
Great Loves celebrates history's most famous romances - the joyful, the tragic, and the epic - in one stunning visual guide, showing that, regardless of age, race, gender, or orientation, love has always been a force to be reckoned with.
This boldly illustrated title presents a diverse range of stories from around the world, including many relationships that defied the conventions of their day, and features romantic quotes from personal correspondence, poetry, and fiction.
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A Palatinus-domb lányai
Két ?évvel azután, hogy Augustus császár véres győzelmet aratott Marcus Antonius és Kleopátra felett, diadalmenet élén tér vissza Rómába. Távolléte alatt meglehetősen furcsa társat talált egyetlen gyermeke, Julia mellé Szeléné személyében, aki a legyőzött egyiptomi királynő és szeretője lánya.
Augustus felesége, Livia árgus szemekkel figyeli a rábízott Szelénét, akinek nehezére esik elfogadnia új otthonát és szülei ellenségeit. A rokoni kapcsolat és a kioltott vér által összekovácsolt három nő – Livia, Szeléné és Julia – Róma legfelső társadalmi rétegének veszélyes világába kerül, minden egyes mozdulatukat politikai stratégiák határozzák meg, és a legszemélyesebb döntéseik is a császár kezében vannak.
Róma érdekében mindig el kell fojtaniuk a saját vágyaikat, és az előre kijelölt szerepet kell játszaniuk. Az előrelátó Livia számára ez a teljhatalmú férjéhez való feltétlen hűséget jelenti. Az élvhajhász Juliára ugyanakkor elrendezett házasságok várnak, miközben meg kell tagadnia magától a szerelmet és a testi vágyakat. Az árván maradt Szelénének pedig választania kell a bosszúvágy és a családjai gyilkosaihoz való hűség között.
Képesek vajon túlélni Róma halálos cselszövéseit, vagy magukkal ragadják őket a világ leghatalmasabb birodalmának veszélyes áramlatai?
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Szép romok
Hollywood történetének legnagyobb románca. Richard Burton és Liz Taylor istenek voltak, és mint az istenek általában, elviselhetetlenek.
Egy apró halászfaluba húsz év körüli, meseszép amerikai lány érkezett, és a kíváncsi, gavalléros természetű fogadós egy idő után már nem tudja nézni vendége boldogtalanságát: Rómába megy, hogy megkeresse azt a férfit, aki a lányt felültette.
A Kleopátra című, hatalmas statisztériát mozgató hollywoodi vállalkozás producere mára idős ember, de végtelenül megrendül, amikor egy látogatója felidézi a hajdani eseménysort.
A Richard Burton után tudakozódó vidéki fogadós groteszk kalandjai révén fény derül arra, hogy a sztárszínész és Elizabeth Taylor heves románcának hullámai sodorták a lányt a kis faluba.
Minden szerelmi történet tengerpart: látszanak bennük a folyton egymásnak rohanó hullámok, és a zord, part menti sziklák.
"Több mint húsz nyelven olvasható." (New York Times bestseller)
"Tüneményesen tehetséges író." (The New York Times)
"Bravúros, magas feszültségű történetmondás. Szívbe markoló pátosz és komikum." (Esquire: Az év könyve 2012)
"Igazi csoda." (NPR Fresh Air: Az év könyve 2012)
"Nagy álmok, elveszett szerelmek. Mély vágyakozás: csaknem a tökély." (Salon)
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Róma
Alig nyolcszáz év leforgása alatt egy dombtetőn épített falucskából alakult ki a nyugati világ leghatalmasabb városa, az Észak-Afrikától Észak-Angliáig és az Atlanti-óceántól az Eufrátesz folyóig terjedő óriási birodalom központja, az Örök Város: Róma. Meghódította Hannibál Karthágóját, Galliát és Britanniát, a Földközi-tenger egész medencéjét, hogy azután néhány száz év múlva világbirodalma darabokra hulljon. A Római Birodalom tündöklése és bukása az ókor egyik legkülönlegesebb története, olyan páratlanul hatalmas és tébolyult, diadalmas és hitszegő szereplőkkel, mint Julius Caesar, Pompeius, Marcus Antonius, Brutus, Augustus, Caligula és Néró. Annál, hogy a Római Birodalom milyen rövid idő alatt jött létre, már csak a hátrahagyott öröksége a meglepőbb - még 2000 év után is érzékelhető. A modern civilizáció átvette a rómaiak nyelvét, jogát, technológiáját és szokásait, miközben számos építészeti és kulturális emlék mind a mai napig emlékeztet régi dicsőségükre. Egyebek közt a betont, az öblítős árnyékszéket és a háromfogásos étkezést is nekik köszönhetjük. Ez a könyv elsősorban a Kr. e. I. század zűrzavaros éveit, hatalmas csatáit, szerteágazó intrikáit, jeles alakjait és reformtörekvéseit idézi meg, azt az időt, amikor Julius Ceasar kivívta magának a teljhatalmat, és Kleopátra meghódította Marcus Antoniust.
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OWC Anthony and Cleopatra
A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.
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Antony and Cleopatra
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Hugely ambitious in its historical focus and vast geographical scope, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's most astonishing tragedies. The drama centres on the relationships between his main protagonists, Octavius Ceasar, Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and the highly charged affair between Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen that forms the backdrop to the pervading theme of struggle between East and West throughout the play. The internal battle of personal emotion and duty that Antony experiences, and the dynamics of power and sexuality portrayed by Cleopatra, give the play its dramatic tension. Rich and complex in its language and poetic in tone, Shakespeare shows how the politics of Rome ultimately cause disaster for a man who is torn between reason and passion.
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Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
From the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt was home to larger-than-life personalities. Across one hundred lives, Toby Wilkinson explores the true character and diversity of human experience in the ancient world's greatest civilization. Some of those profiled are famous: pharaohs and queens such as Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Ramesses II and Tiye. Others are lesser known but equally engaging: Imhotep, architect of the first pyramid; Perniankhu, the court dwarf; and the royal sculptor Bak. Equally illuminating are the lives of commoners, so rarely given their own voice: ordinary men and women who include a doctor, a dentist, a housewife, a musician - and a serial criminal.
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Queen of Kings
What if Cleopatra didn't die in 30 BC alongside her beloved Mark Antony? What if she couldn't die? What if she became immortal? "Queen of Kings" is the first installment in an epic, epoch-spanning story of one woman's clash with the Roman Empire and the gods of Egypt in a quest to save everything she holds dear. As Octavian Caesar (later Augustus) and his legions march into Alexandria, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, summons Sekhmet, the goddess of Death and Destruction, in a desperate attempt to resurrect her husband, who has died by his own hand, and save her kingdom. But this deity demands something in return: Cleopatra's soul. Against her will, Egypt's queen becomes a blood-craving, shape-shifting immortal: a not-quite-human manifestation of a goddess who seeks to destroy the world. Battling to preserve something of her humanity, Cleopatra pursues Octavian back to Rome - she desires revenge, she yearns for her children - and she craves blood...It is a dangerous journey she must make. She will confront witches, mythic monsters, the gods of ancient Greece and Rome, and her own, warring nature. She will kill but she will also find mercy. She will raise an extraordinary army to fight her enemies, and she will see her beloved Antony again. But to save him from the endless torment of Hades, she must make a devastating sacrifice. Brutally authentic historical fiction meets the darkest of fantasy in Maria Dahvana Headley's extraordinary debut novel about the most famous woman in history: "Cleopatra", "Queen of Kings".
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Az uralkodó 4. - A háború istenei
Háború készülődött; a hosszas versengés után kenyértörésre került sor Pompeius római diktátor és a galliai meg a britanniai diadalmas hadjárataiból hazatérő Julius Caesar között. Tábornokaival és négy veterán legiójával a tábornok átlépte a Rubicont, és megindult Róma felé. Ám sohasem könnyű a saját népünk ellen harcolni. Caesar rögös útra lépett, amikor Brutus, Marcus Antonius és Octavianus kíséretében belovagolt Rómába. Lángoló szónoklatai a Senatusban és a nép előtt megerősítették szerepében, és gyarapították az önbizalmát. Most már meg volt győződve róla, hogy méltó a vezéri szerepre és a teljhatalomra.
Ám Róma nem a birodalom. Hispaniában, Africában, Görögországban és Kis-Ázsiában maradtak még Pompeiushoz és a római államhoz hűséges légiók. Meddig tartanak ki Caesar mellett a régi barátok? Lehet-e győzni ilyen körülmények között?
Ceasar számára semmi sem lehetetlen: először Pompeius római seregét győzi le Görögországban, majd Egyiptomból csinál római provinciát nem utolsó sorban legendás szerelme, Kleopátra hathatólagos közreműködésével. Néhány hónappal később közös gyermeküket mint lehetséges utódát mutatja fel a Forum Romanurnon, ám a tömeg lelkesedése várat magára.
A hűséges társak és elsősorban Brutus úgy érzik, Caesar sutba dobta a köztársaság hagyományait.... A háború istenei a nagyravágyás és a hűség, a barátság és a hatalom, a szerelem és a háhorú története. Eposzi méretű mese, amely Rómából Görögországon át Egyiptomba, majd ismét Rómába viszi az olvasót, és megmutatja, hogy még a legkülönb embert is megváltoztatják az elsöprő sikerek. Ez a kötet koronázza meg a remek Az uralkodó c. négykötetes sorozatot.
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