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William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously....

Unquestionably, Herodotus has left mankind one of the world's greatest works of literature...

Beginning with the reign of Diocletian in A.D. 284 and ending at the death of Justinian in 565, the Roman Empire completes a transition from paganism to Christianity....

Of all the crowned heads of Europe, there was none to match the dignity, grace, and magnificence of Louis XIV, the greatest king in French history....

In A.D. 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Palestine led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome....

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...

Chinese literature offers the most satisfying glimpse into the mysterious and beautiful civilization of China of any of the means at our disposal....

In all of human history there has never been an era as richly endowed with human creativity as the Italian Renaissance....

The spectacularly violent Jewish revolt of A.D. 66 is in full swing as Volume 2 opens, and we begin our story with the horrific siege of Jotapata and the capture of Josephus....

Guy de Maupassant, (1850 - 1893), a native of Normandy, wrote in a bold and vigorous style that moves inexorably along clear plot lines....