Books written by Bettany Hughes
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伊斯坦堡三城記
... 所描繪君士坦丁的基督符號往往顯現於星座型核彈的威力並伴隨著震波和蕈狀雲想必是十分壯觀的景象但如果是這樣馬克森提烏斯 ... 沙卓門教會史一向熱衷於提倡宗教的皇帝君士坦丁在各地興建了敬拜上帝的基督教建築物特別是在一些大城例如比提尼亞的尼科 ...
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Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
father Tyndareus, by stealing Helen he abused something far more important than a woman. Herodotus is keen to emphasise that his research is cuttingedge and Dio Chrysostom overtly sells an anti-Homer line, endeavouring to prove that the ...
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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
Venus and Aphrodite brings together ancient art, mythology, and archaeological revelations to tell the story of human desire.
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Venus and Aphrodite
It is both the remarkable story of one of antiquity's most potent forces, and the story of human desire - how it transforms who we are and how we behave.
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented ...
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
In The Hemlock Cup, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes gives Socrates the biography he deserves, painstakingly piecing together Socrates' life and using fresh evidence to get closer to the man who asked 'how should we live?' - a question as ...
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling élan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of classical Athens.
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
A revelatory new history of the ancient world, told through its seven greatest monuments.[Bokinfo].
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
An immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history “This fascinating book is brimming with stories of people and places, all told with Bettany’s natural ...