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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings

6 best books like Rome: A History in Seven Sackings (Matthew Kneale): The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World, Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain, The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's "1984", Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, On Grand Strategy, The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
AuthorCatherine Nixey
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'.

Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and...
Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
AuthorMarc Morris
As Marc Morris shows, there is more to castles than drawbridges and battlements, portcullises and arrow-loops. Be it ever so grand or ever so humble, a castle is first and foremost a home. It may look tough and defensible on the outside, but on the inside, a castle is all about luxury and creature comforts....
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's "1984"
AuthorDorian Lynskey
ISBN0385544057
The author has written a study that places George Orwell's 1984 in a variety of contexts: the author's life and times, the book's precursors in the science fiction genre, and its subsequent place in popular culture. Lynskey delves into how Orwell's harrowing Spanish Civil War experiences shaped his...
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
AuthorH.W. Brands
ISBN0525638008
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy

In the early 1800s, three young men strode...
On Grand Strategy
AuthorJohn Lewis Gaddis
ISBN1594203512
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades

John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill...
The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities
AuthorViolet Moller
In The Map of Knowledge Violet Moller traces the journey taken by the ideas of three of the greatest scientists of antiquity – Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy – through seven cities and over a thousand years. In it, we follow them from sixth-century Alexandria to ninth-century Baghdad, from Muslim Cordoba...
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