18 books like Caesar and Cleopatra

What to read after Caesar and Cleopatra — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Cleopatra H. Rider Haggard · 1881 · ★ 3.9 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Challenging A book that discribes the life of Cleopatra. Shares: History

Cato Joseph Addison · 1713 · ★ 3.8 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Cato: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's servants. By Mr. Addison., Joseph Addison. Cato: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's servants. By Mr. Addison. Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. [8],62,[2]p. ; 4⁰. London : printed for J. Tonson, 1713. In this edition the half-title bears no illustration; the 'on' of 'Tonson'… Shares: Rome Civil War, Drama, History

Candida George Bernard Shaw · 1905 · ★ 3.7 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Reverend James Mavor Morell, a respectable socialist clergyman, spends his days giving lectures and sermons while his wife, Candida, sees to his comfortable London home. That home is disrupted by the arrival of the poet Eugene Marchbanks, who is in love with Candida and determined to rescue her from what he sees as an unromantic life. Shaw wrote Candida as a reaction to Henrik Ibsen’s social… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

King Lear William Shakespeare · 1800 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Lear decides to abdicate and split his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Cordelia refuses to flatter her father like her sisters and is banished. Goneril and Regan betray Lear who goes mad. Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

Commentarii de bello gallico et de bello civili Gaius Julius Caesar · 1471 · ★ 3.5 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Gaius Julius Caesar schreef zijn kijk op Gallië in zijn bekende oorlog’s verslagen Commentarii de bello Gallico. Een werk waarin het hoofdzakelijk gaat over de veldtochten en intriges die plaats vonden in de negen jaar dat hij in Gallië oorlog voerde. In feite is het een boek vol zelf verheerlijking en propaganda maar ook een zeer belangenrijke historische bron. Het boek bevat 7 delen, één deel… Shares: Rome Civil War, History

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares: Drama

Roaring Girl Thomas Middleton · 1998 · ★ 2.5 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a real-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who probably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was taken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl' may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she turns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

Pharsalia Lucan · 1486 · ★ 3.9 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Demanding "In this edition Professor Fantham offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. Book II presents all three leading figures - Cato, Caesar and Pompey - in speech and action. It expresses the moral and political dilemma of civil war and portrays Pompey's loss of authority during his withdrawal from… Shares: Rome Civil War, History

Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare · 1891 · ★ 3.5 King Ferdinand and his three friends, Biron, Longaville, and Dumain, plan to study philosophy for the next three years. During their academic pursuits, they must vow to sleep only three hours a night and not let any woman within a mile of court. These strict rules will prevent any distractions from their work—but their promises are soon put to the test when a princess and her three companions… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

The school for scandal, 1780 Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1778 · ★ 3.6 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Demanding The School for Scandal debuted at Drury Lane Theater in London in 1777. The play is still popular and regularly performed today. It is a comedy of manners about "the deceptive nature of appearances, the fickleness of reputation, [and] the often disreputable guises behind which goodness and honesty can conceal itself." Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, History

Making History Stephen Fry · 1996 · ★ 3.9 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A history student travels back in time to prevent Hitler's birth by dropping an infertility pill into his father's beer. The scheme backfires when a more intelligent dictator comes to power, conquering more territory and developing the atom bomb ahead of the U.S. The student, Michael Young, gets back into his time machine to allow Hitler to be born after all. By the author of The Hippopotamus. Shares: Belletristische Darstellung, History

An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde · 1899 · ★ 4.4 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

The Tragedy of Jane Shore Nicholas Rowe · 1714 · 60p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This tragedy in five acts was originally performed in the early eighteenth century. The play focuses on one of King Henry IV’s most notorious mistresses, Jane Shore. Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, History

Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw · 1919 · ★ 3.7 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war. The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

Love for Love William Congreve · 1695 · ★ 3.3 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Valentine, Sir Sampson's dissolute eldest son, finds himself at a standstill; the only way out of his financial difficulties is to give in to his father's pressure to renounce his right of inheritance. While this suggestion immediately increases the chances of his bluff younger brother Ben on the marriage mart, Valentine's own chances with his beloved Angelica would proportionally decrease. To… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare · 1598 · ★ 3.8 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities. Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, History

What every woman knows J. M. Barrie · 1918 · ★ 3.5 National Theatre, direction: A.L. Erlanger & W.H. Rapley, business management: S.E. Cochran. S.E. Cochran offers the National Theatre Players in "What Every Woman Knows," by Sir James M. Barrie, staged by Addision Pitt, scenery by Charles Squires. Stage manager Frank Peck, production built by Charles Sturbitts, properties Geo. Donaldson, electrician, Walter Burke. Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

The Birth of Merlin William Rowley · 1662 · ★ 3.3 · 55p · ≈ 1h · Demanding [63] p. 25 cm Shares: British and irish drama, Drama

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