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  • Antipater's Dynasty

    Alexander the Great's Regent and his Successors

    by John D. Grainger ...
    " A compelling review of Antipater and his family . . . A gripping story of a real game of thrones" from the author of the Seleukid Empire trilogy ( Firetrench).Antipater was a key figure in the rise of Macedon under Philip II and instrumental in the succession of Alexander III (the Great). Alexander entrusted Antipater with ruling Macedon in his long absence and he defeated the Spartans in 331 ... Read more

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  • The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty

    Ptolemaic Egypt 330–246 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    "Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation . . . an ideal introduction to the creation and rise of the Ptolemaic era of Egypt." — Midwest Book ReviewIn this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I established the dynasty's power in Egypt in the wake of Alexander the Great's death. Egypt had been independent for most of the fourth ... Read more

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  • The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

    The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara & Bosporos

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The fascinating history of this pivotal region from the Trojan War to Byzantion's refounding as Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire.In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were ... Read more

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  • Cromwell Against the Scots

    Last Anglo-Scottish War, 1650-52

    by John D. Grainger ...
    After an introduction establishing Cromwell's war against the Scots from July 1650 to May 1652, this book discusses Charles' landing and Fairfax's resignation as commander-in-chief of the English Republican Army, both events occurred on the same day. It then addresses the causes of the war, Charles II's landing in Northern Scotland from the Continent. The story continues chronologically, from ... Read more

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  • The Mahdi and Africa

    Muhammad Ahmad and Sudan's Mahdist Revolution in Context

    by John D Grainger ...
    The story of the Mahdi of Sudan is generally related from the British point of view, though it was more an African event. The Mahdi’s uprising was the latest in a series of Islamic rebellions and wars which began in the eighteenth century. It also had a profound effect on the rest of North and East Africa, destroying the Egyptian Empire, provoking Ethiopia into a new unification, which allowed it ... Read more

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  • Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822

    The Military Life of an American Loyalist and Imperial General

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British service, campaigned in many parts of the world and rose through the ranks. Despite a varied and distinguished career he has not received the attention he warrants, neither as a Loyalist from New York, nor as ... Read more

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  • The Fall of the Seleukid Empire, 187–75 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Third in the trilogy of the ancient Greek dynasty. "In Grainger's account, the fall of the Seleukid is as enlightening as the rise."—Minerva MagazineThe concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period, it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiously inspired insurrection of the Jewish ... Read more

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  • The Galatians

    Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A historian of the ancient world examines the epic rise and fall of the Celtic tribes who invaded the Mediterranean and lands further east.The eastern Celtic tribes, known to the Greeks as Galatians, exploited the waning of Macedonian power after Alexander the Great's death to launch increasingly ambitious raids and expeditions into the Balkans. In 279 BC they launched a major invasion, defeating ... Read more

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  • Two Roman Revolutions

    The Senate, the Emperors and Power, from Commodus to Gallienus, AD 180–260

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Much has been written about the events of 69AD, the famous 'Year of Four Emperors', but this book offers a new perspective on the Roman Empire as the shift of power between Senate and Emperor turned deadly. The disastrous reign of the Emperor Commodus, which saw a great expansion of the power of the emperor, eventually resulted in his asassination, but also in a civil war, which was as ... Read more

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  • The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III, 223–187 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Brings to life "a major figure in the Hellenistic World . . . in his own right, rather than as just another stepping stone during Rome's rise" (HistoryOfWar.org).The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful ... Read more

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  • British Campaigns in the South Atlantic, 1805–1807

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). In 1805 an army of around 6,000 ... Read more

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  • The Ptolemies, Apogee & Collapse

    Ptolemiac Egypt 246–146 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The Second part of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy III, Ptolemy IV, Ptolemy V and Ptolemy VI. The second volume of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy II, III, IV, V and VI, who between them reigned for a century. Ptolemy III's rule brought the acquisition of Cyrenaica (through marriage) and territorial gains in Syria, the Aegean, Asia Minor and ... Read more

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