Robin Waterfield Livres

L'aventure de Croc Blanc, d'abord publiée en 1906, se déroule dans les déserts gelés et désolés du nord-ouest Canadien. Croc-Blanc, mi-chien mi-loup se trouve le seul survivant d'une portée de cinq chiens. Dans son monde solitaire, il a vite appris à suivre la féroce loi du nord sauvage et froid - manger ou être mangé. Mais rien dans sa jeune vie ne l'a préparé à la cruauté du tyran Beauty Smith, qui achète Croc-Blanc à son maître indien et le transforme en bête de combat pour gagner de l'argent grâce aux paris. Une grande partie du roman est écrite du point de vue de Croc-Blanc

In an absorbing account of a critical chapter in Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean, Robin Waterfield reveals the peculiar nature of Rome's eastern policy. For over seventy years, the Romans avoided annexation so that they could commit their military and financial resources to the fight against Carthage and elsewhere. Though ultimately a failure, this policy of indirect rule, punctuated by periodic brutal military interventions and intense diplomacy, worked well for several decades, until the Senate finally settled on more direct forms of control. Waterfield's fast-paced narrative focuses mainly on military and diplomatic maneuvers, but throughout he interweaves other topics and themes, such as the influence of Greek culture on Rome, the Roman aristocratic ethos, and the clash between the two best fighting machines the ancient world ever produced: the Macedonian phalanx and Roman legion.

Apart from the thrilling military action, the story of the Roman conquest of Greece is central to the story of Rome itself and the empire it created. As Robin Waterfield shows, the Romans developed a highly sophisticated method of dominance by remote control over the Greeks of the eastern Mediterranean - the cheap option of using authority and diplomacy to keep order rather than standing armies. And it is a story that raises a number of fascinating questions aboutRome, her empire, and her civilization. For instance, to what extent was the Roman conquest a planned and deliberate policy? What was it about Roman culture that gave it such a will for conquest? Andwhat was the effect on Roman intellectual and artistic culture, on their very identity, of their entanglement with an older Greek civilization, which the Romans themselves recognized as supreme?

This easy to read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in. A series of illustrated biographies for young readers featuring significant historical figures, including artists, scientists, and world leaders.

"Par Héra ! le charmant asile ! Ce platane est d'une largeur et d'une hauteur étonnantes. Ce gattilier si élancé fournit une ombre délicieuse, et il est en pleine floraison, si bien que l'endroit en est tout embaumé ; et puis voici sous le platane une source fort agréable, si je m'en rapporte à mes pieds; elle doit être consacrée à des nymphes et à Achéloüs, à en juger par ces figurines et ces offrandes. Remarque en outre comme la brise est ici douce et bonne à respirer; elle accompagne de son harmonieux chant d'été le chœur des cigales ; mais ce qu'il y a de mieux, c'est ce gazon en pente douce qui est à point pour qu'on s'y couche et qu'on y appuie confortablement sa tête."

Contemporary / British English Gordie Lanchance and his three friends are always ready for adventure. When they hear about a dead body in the forest they go to look for it. Then they discover how cruel the world can be.

The remarkable story of the Ancient Olympic Games, narrated in invigorating style by a leading classical scholar and translator.

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Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon's number one fan, rescues the author from the scene of a car accident. The former nurse takes care of him in her remote house, but becomes irate when she discovers that the author has killed Misery off in his latest book. Annie keeps Sheldon prisoner while forcing him to write a book that brings Misery back to life. Source: stephenking.com

The picture we have of it - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since - is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy.