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  • BRITAIN ENFORCING THE PEACE, 1918–1923
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    BRITAIN ENFORCING THE PEACE, 1918–1923
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    Details the British Navy's efforts during the post-Great War period, facing challenges in the Near East, from the Russian Revolution to Turkish resurgence under Mustafa Kemal. The end of the Great War in the Near East began with the Turkish Armistice but was not complete until the final peace treaty in 1923. During that five-year period the British Navy dealt with the overspill...

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  • THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE PTOLEMIES
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    THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE PTOLEMIES
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    Explores the turbulent reign of Ptolemy VIII, his successors, and Egypt’s decline under Roman influence. The death of Ptolemy VI brought his younger brother Ptolemy VIII to the kingship. This was the start of a prolonged, if intermittent, turbulent period of family strife, punctuated by rebellions, plots and wars. One king, Ptolemy VII, was murdered, Ptolemy VIII’s two simultan...

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  • THE PTOLEMIES, APOGEE AND COLLAPSE
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    THE PTOLEMIES, APOGEE AND COLLAPSE
    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,...

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  • SEXTUS JULIUS FRONTINUS AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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    SEXTUS JULIUS FRONTINUS AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    Sextus Iulius Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Strategems but, in addition to writing this and other works (now lost), he also had a varied and surprisingly influential career in military and civil posts around the Roman Empire. Frontinus loyally served at least six emperors, often acting as a trusted counselor, and even deputized for Trajan while he w...

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  • THE PTOLEMIES, RISE OF A DYNASTY
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    THE PTOLEMIES, RISE OF A DYNASTY
    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 Review     In 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...

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  • THE PTOLEMIES, RISE OF A DYNASTY
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    THE PTOLEMIES, RISE OF A DYNASTY
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    In 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 century BC, but was reconquered by the Persian Empire in the 340s. This is essential background for Ptolemaic history since it meant that Alexander was we...

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  • THE FORTY SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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    THE FORTY SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    The great city of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul stands on a commanding cape overlooking a busy waterway. It has been the target of repeated attempts to capture it for the past two and a half millennia. Most of these attacks failed, but some did so in spectacular fashion, such as the great Arab sieges. The inhabitants fought hard in almost every siege, with the result that w...

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  • THE FORTY SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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    THE FORTY SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    The great city of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul stands on a commanding cape overlooking a busy waterway. It has been the target of repeated attempts to capture it for the past two and a half millennia. Most of these attacks failed, but some did so in spectacular fashion, such as the great Arab sieges. The inhabitants fought hard in almost every siege, with the result that w...

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  • SYRIAN INFLUENCES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO AD 300
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    SYRIAN INFLUENCES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO AD 300
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    The study of Syria as a Roman province has been neglected by comparison with equivalent geographical regions such as Italy, Egypt, Greece and even Gaul. It was, however, one of the economic powerhouses of the empire from its annexation until after the empire’s dissolution. As such it clearly deserves some particular consideration, but at the same time it was a major contributor...

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  • GREAT POWER DIPLOMACY IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
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    GREAT POWER DIPLOMACY IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    Diplomacy is a neglected aspect of Hellenistic history, despite the fact that war and peace were the major preoccupations of the rulers of the kingdoms of the time. It becomes clear that it is possible to discern a set of accepted practices which were generally followed by the kings from the time of Alexander to the approach of Rome. The republican states were less bound by suc...

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  • THE FALL OF THE SELEUKID EMPIRE, 187–75 BC
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    THE FALL OF THE SELEUKID EMPIRE, 187–75 BC
    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 Magazine    The 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 insurr...

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  • THE SELEUKID EMPIRE OF ANTIOCHUS III, 223–187 BC
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    THE SELEUKID EMPIRE OF ANTIOCHUS III, 223–187 BC
    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 ...

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  • SELEUKOS NIKATOR (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    SELEUKOS NIKATOR (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    JOHN D GRAINGER
    Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his commanders, Seleukos Nikator, rose over a period of forty years from being a landless refugee to the most successful of the Successor kings. This biography, first published in 1990, makes use of both historical and archaeological sources to trace the stages of Seleukos’ life as he added province to province, kingd...

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  • ROME, PARTHIA & INDIA
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    ROME, PARTHIA & INDIA
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a radically new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the western Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid empire. By 140 Rome had spread to the borders of Asia Minor and the Seleukid empire was confined to Syria. The new great power in the Middle East was Parthia, stretching from B...

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  • THE WARS OF THE MACCABEES
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    THE WARS OF THE MACCABEES
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    An "extraordinary" account of the wars conducted by and against the Maccabean family of rulers in Palestine in the second and first centuries BC ( Midwest Book Review ). By the early second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. But the policy of deliberate Hellenization and suppression of Jewish religious practices by Antiochus IV, ...

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  • NERVA AND THE ROMAN SUCCESSION CRISIS OF AD 96-99
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    NERVA AND THE ROMAN SUCCESSION CRISIS OF AD 96-99
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and where possible hereditary succession was preferred. John Grainger's detailed study looks at aperiod of intrigue and conspiracy. He explores how, why and by whom Domitian was killed, the rule of Nerva, chosen to succeed him, and finally Nerva's own choice of successor, Trajan, who became a strong and respected empero...

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  • THE UNITED KINGDOM
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    THE UNITED KINGDOM
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    "A salient, measured, and illuminating study of history with reflections on what Britain's past means for its present and future, highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review   John Grainger examines the long and erratic process by which the British Isles was gradually (and as it turns out, temporarily) unified over the course of eighteen centuries, and the subsequent beginnings ...

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  • SYRIA
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    SYRIA
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    A chronicle of the region's rich history, from the Ice Age to the dramatic political divisions of the current era.   Syria—which in its historical wider sense includes modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Jordan—has always been at the center of events of world importance. It was in this region that pastoral-stock rearing, settled agriculture, and alphabetic writing were...

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  • THE CITIES OF PAMPHYLIA
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    THE CITIES OF PAMPHYLIA
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    Pamphylia, in modern Turkey, was a Greek country from the early Iron Age until the Middle Ages. In that land there were nine cities which can be described more or less as Greek, and this book is an investigation of their history. This was a land at the margins of other great empires - Hellenistic, Roman, Arab and Byzantine - and is still off the beaten track, though Aspendos, P...

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  • 13 SHARKS
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    13 SHARKS
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    John D Grainger charts the careers of the thirteen vessels that have served the Royal Navy under the name HMS Shark. Despite the ferocious name, they have all been relatively small vessels including one brigantine, five sloops, one Sixth Rate, a gunvessel, four destroyers and a submarine. Collectively they therefore give a good representation of the various roles of these types...

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  • HELLENISTIC & ROMAN NAVAL WARS, 336–31 BC
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    HELLENISTIC & ROMAN NAVAL WARS, 336–31 BC
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    A technological, strategic, and tactical history of ancient naval ships from Alexander to the battle of Actium. The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic monarchies, Carthaginians, and the rapacious Roman Republic were scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into maintaining fl...

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  • LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR SAMUEL AUCHMUTY, 1756–1822
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    LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR SAMUEL AUCHMUTY, 1756–1822
    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 f...

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  • CLIMATE CHANGE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY
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    CLIMATE CHANGE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    How prehistoric humans coped with the end of the last Ice Age—and catastrophic global warming. Global warming is among the most urgent problems facing the world today. Yet many commentators, and even some scientists, discuss it with reference only to the changing climate of the last century or so. John Grainger takes a longer view and draws on the archaeological evidence to sho...

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  • CROMWELL AGAINST THE SCOTS
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    CROMWELL AGAINST THE SCOTS
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    Although also known as the Third English Civil War, the author makes it clear that this was the last war between the Scots and English as separate states. He narrates in detail the the events following the exiled King Charles II’s landing in Scotland and his alliance with the Scots Covenanters, erstwhile allies of the English Parliamentarians. Cromwell’s preemptive invasion of ...

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  • THE GALATIANS
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    THE GALATIANS
    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...

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  • ANCIENT DYNASTIES
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    ANCIENT DYNASTIES
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    A guide to the over 150 families that ruled the Classical world, from the 10th century BC to the 8th century AD, from western Europe to central Asia.   Ancient Dynasties is a unique study of the ruling families of the ancient world known to the Greeks and Romans. The book is in two parts. The first offers analysis and discussion of various features of the ruling dynasties (incl...

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  • THE ROMAN IMPERIAL SUCCESSION
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    THE ROMAN IMPERIAL SUCCESSION
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    An investigation of how a man could become a Roman emperor, and the failure to create an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor. John D. Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus’s system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial, ...

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  • ANTIPATER'S DYNASTY
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    ANTIPATER'S DYNASTY
    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 t...

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  • KINGS & KINGSHIP IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, 350–30 BC
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    KINGS & KINGSHIP IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, 350–30 BC
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    The social and political aspects of ancient kingship are examined in this historical study of the Hellenistic period. For the crucial centuries between Alexander the Great and the Roman conquest of Macedon, the Mediterranean world was overwhelmingly ruled by kings. This fascinating history examines the work, experience, and preoccupations of these monarchs. Rather than presenti...

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  • ROMAN CONQUESTS: EGYPT & JUDÆA
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    ROMAN CONQUESTS: EGYPT & JUDÆA
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Marc Antony ensured she was on the wrong side of the Roman civil war between him and Octavian (later to become Caesar Augustus). After the defeat of Ant...

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