18 books like Vitae excellentium imperatorum

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Dē vītā Caesarum Suetonius · 1470 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, in 121. Considered highly significant in antiquity, The Twelve Caesars has remained a major source of Roman history. Shares Emperors, Latin literature, Rome, Early works to 1800

History of Alexander the Great Jacob Abbott · 1848 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Generals, Biography & Memoir, History with this book.

Satyricon Petronius · 1575 · ★ 3.8 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Challenging An incomplete Roman novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. What remains of the novel is a picaresque story concerning the narrator’s battle to keep his lover, a handsome sixteen year old boy, away from his many rivals. Shares Latin literature, Latin language materials, Latin language, Rome

Plutarchi Vitae parallelae Plutarch · 1478 · ★ 3.8 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This story is set in the mid-fourth century B.C., in the city-state of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. It's the story of two father-and-son tyrant rulers who called themselves kings, both named Dionysius (pronounced Die-oh-nee-see-us). But the main character is Dion (pronounced Dion as in Lion), who was a relative, mentor, and finally mortal enemy to the second Dionysius. It has been pointed… Shares Classical biography, Rome, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir, History

Lives Plutarch · 1564 · ★ 4.0 · 732p · ≈ 24h · Demanding Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome. Shares Classical biography, Rome, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir

Histoire de Charles XII Voltaire · 1731 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir, History with this book.

Ab urbe condita Titus Livius · 1481 · ★ 4.2 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state - these and many more stories immortalized by Livy in his history of Rome have become part of our cultural heritage." "The historian's huge work consisted of 142 books which trace Rome's history from its foundation in 753 BC to events in Livy's own lifetime… Shares Latin language, Bibliography, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir

Historia Alexandri Magni Quintus Curtius Rufus · 1481 · ★ 4.2 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The Roman historian's account of the conquests of Alexander the Great is one of the primary sources of our knowledge of the Macedonian conquest and its leader. Shares Generals, Latin language, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir

Lays of ancient Rome Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Noteworthy among Macaulay's works are his poems, of which the 'Lays of Ancient Rome' are chief. Here his purpose is to embody his conception of the heroic historical ballads which must have been current among the early Romans as among the medieval English Shares Rome, History

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

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