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1	Augustus more books like this by Allan Massie $1.99 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist Reconstruction of the lost memoirs of Emperor Augustus; an account from the killing of Caesar to his own death. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Caligula by Allan Massie $50.59 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Gaius Caligula is known as the mad emperor, the one who made his horse a consul. He was violent and vicious, a murderer and guilty of committing incest with his sisters. Yet, when he succeeded the aged recluse Tiberius, the Romans were delighted and for a few months at least he seemed generous and enlightened. So what went wrong? Why was he ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Caesar. more books like this by Allan Massie $14.09 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 'To take the conspiracy against Julius Caesar - one of the most famous murder plots in history - and make of it something fresh and exciting is no small feat. This is what Allan Massie has done in this fine novel which should appeal equally to those who know their Roman history and those for whom it is only a cloudy rumour of remote events' ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
4	Sins of the Father more books like this by Allan Massie $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A novel based on the story of Eichmann's discovery, capture and execution. The scene shifts from Argentina to Israel, from London to Rome, as Franz and Becky try to come to terms with their fathers' world. By the author of "A Question of Loyalties", winner of the "Scotsman" Book of the Year Award. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| first editions
5	King David more books like this by Allan Massie $49.09 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 'David comes alive in this novel as a fascinating, divided self, but you also feel on finishing it that you have understood a little more about the extraordinary world of the Middle East from which so much of our own Judaeo-Christian religion and civilisation spring. Modern parallels are never forced - Massie to too subtle a writer for that - but ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $57.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Arthur the King more books like this by Allan Massie $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist At the top of his form, historical novelist Allan Massie revisits Britain in the dark years after the collapse of Rome, when the land is being ravaged by bitter struggles for power among warring kings. Or so it is until the arrival of Wart, a servant boy who has been tutored by a troupe of strolling players as well as by the politically astute ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
7	Tiberius. more books like this by Allan Massie $18.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The second of a trilogy of "Roman" novels. "Augustus" is the first book in the trilogy and was the winner of the Saltire Society/Scotsman Book of the Year Award. The author also wrote "The Last Peacock", which won the Frederick Niven Award in 1981, "The Death of Men" and "A Question of Loyalties". see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Scott & Scotland: The Predicament of the Scottish Writer more books like this by Edwin Muir, Allan Massie add to wishlist see all copies from $23.62!
9	Tunes of glory more books like this by James Kennaway $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Lt. Colonel Jock Sinclair is a rough talking, whisky drinking soldier's soldier, a hero of the desert campaign who rose to his position through the ranks. Colonel Barrow, an officer graduate of Oxford and Sandhurst, had a wretched war in Japanese prison camps. But he has come to take command of the Battalion he has long admired, the one that Jock ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
10	Antony more books like this by Allan Massie $15.01 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Standing on the verge of ruin, Mark Antony dictates his memoirs to his secretary Critias, who contributes an acerbic running commentary as Antony relives his struggle with Octavian for mastery of the Roman Empire in the wake of Caesar's murder, his infatuation with Cleopatra and his obsession with the East. A tragi-comedy of ambition and self ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $76.36! \| first editions
11	The Evening of the World: A Romance of the Dark Ages more books like this by Allan Massie $4.97 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist THE EVENING OF THE WORLD is set in the period of the barbarian invasions. Its hero is a young Roman nobleman named Marcus. He undergoes extraordinary experiences as he searches for meaning and stability in a twilight world where the old gods are dead or dying, but their mysteries still attract, and the new religion is threatened by new barbarisms. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Charlemagne and Roland more books like this by Allan Massie $8.79 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist A truly European monarch, Charlemagne was king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and for some of that time king of the Lombards, too. From 800, when at Mass on Christmas day in Rome, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Imperator Romanorum (Emperor of the Romans) he became the renewer of the Western Empire, which had expired in the 5th century. His dual ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.79! \| first editions
13	Question of Loyalties more books like this by Allan Massie $6.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Winner of the Enid McLeod Award, this is a story of war and peace in the 20th century, which centres on the Fall of France in 1940. The novel's themes are treason, personal treachery, the delusions of ideology and the effect of these on both the actors and the innocents caught up in their wargames. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.37! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Thistle and the Rose: Six Centuries of Love and Hate Between the Scots and the English by Allan Massie $3.98 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A complex interplay of rivalry, collusion, affection and hostility has been central to the relationship between Scotland and England since the first attempt at dynastic union - 'the Rough Wooing' - between Margaret Tudor and James IV. James VI of Scotland and their great-grandson, James I of England, finally brought the nations together under a ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $8.90! \| first editions
15 view cover	Augustus : a novel by Allan Massie $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire, adopted son of Julius Caesar, friend and later foe of Mark Antony, patron of Horace and Virgil. Frank and forceful, this putative autobiography tells his story from the assassination of Caesar, through his military, political and personal struggles to his final days as Emperor in everything but name. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.45! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The hanging tree. more books like this by Allan Massie $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A story featuring a 15th-century Scottish border family. Few families were wilder than the Linsdales. Caught up in a web of violence and treachery, they shared in the rise of the mighty house of Douglas and struggled to escape its fall. The author also wrote "A Question of Loyalties". see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Novel Today: A Critical Guide to the British Novel, 1970-1989 more books like this by Allan Massie $5.49 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This is a survey of contemporary British fiction. Focussing primarily on the distinctive achievement and personality of each writer, the author also discusses the contribution of British fiction to such genres as women's writing, the political novel, spy and crime fiction. It addresses questions such as the rise of mass market publishing and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.01! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Colette more books like this by Allan Massie $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Let the Emperor Speak more books like this by Allan Massie $3.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.33! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Byron's travels more books like this by Allan Massie $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This is an account of Lord Byron from his first "grand" tour in July 1809 until his death at the age of 36, placing him in the political and cultural setting of his time. No English poet enjoyed a higher contemporary reputation on the continent and none had more influence. In Greece he became a national hero; in Italy it was declared that "the day ... see all copies from $3.99! first editions
21 view cover	The Evening of the World: A Romance of the Dark Ages more books like this by Piers Paul Read, Allan Massie $17.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Set in the period of the barbarian invasions. Its hero is a young Roman nobleman named Marcus, the son, according to one legend, of the Archangel Michael. Marcus undergoes extraordinary experiences as he searches for meaning and stability in a twilight world where the old gods are dead or dying, but their mysteries still attract, and the new ... see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
22	Change and decay in all around I see more books like this by Allan Massie $23.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
23	The Last Peacock more books like this by Allan Massie $350.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.25! signed copies \| first editions
24	Tiberius: The Memoirs of the Emperor more books like this by Allan Massie $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $93.18! \| first editions
25 view cover	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides more books like this by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Allan Massie (Introduction by) $14.07 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist The two texts presented here--one by an aging Samuel Johnson and one by a young James Boswell, his eventual biographer--both reflect on a tour of the Scottish coast the two men took together in 1773. While Johnson's piece meditates on the landscape, Boswell's tends to meditate on his famous companion. see all copies from $13.74! new only from $13.74! \| SVS

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