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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...

William Somerset Maugham (1874?1965) was born at the height of British imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory....

William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously....

Of all the crowned heads of Europe, there was none to match the dignity, grace, and magnificence of Louis XIV, the greatest king in French history....

This is the breathtaking adventure of the great Carthaginian general who shook the foundations of Rome...

Guy de Maupassant, (1850 - 1893), a native of Normandy, wrote in a bold and vigorous style that moves inexorably along clear plot lines....

The Irish have always had a knack for telling wonderful stories, and their fantastic ability has been recognized from early Gaelic times.

In A.D. 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Palestine led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome....

The spectacularly violent Jewish revolt of A.D. 66 is in full swing as Volume 2 opens, and we begin our story with the horrific siege of Jotapata and the capture of Josephus....

From the dignified grace of Augustus to the cruel debauchery of Nero, this history chronicles all the vices and virtues of the first twelve rulers of Imperial Rome....