Alfred Duggan

• Apr-2007
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Count Bohemond was an actual Norman warrior who carved out his own kingdom in the Middle East—as well as the hero of this compelling novel. History records his meteoric rise from junior member of a Sicilian warlord's house to conquerer. Along th...

• May-2007
• / Historical
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Alfred Duggan's Saxon novels have a special cachet. In The Cunning of the Dove , this masterly author chooses Edward the Confessor as his hero. The story is told by the royal chamberlain. He thinks in English, speaks in French and writes in Latin,...

• May-2007
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It was really the army's fault. Bored with respectable middle-aged generals, they picked Elagabalus, thirteen-year-old high priest of a Syrian sun-god, to be Emperor of Rome.Golden-haired, handsome as a god, a brilliant charioteer with a passion for ...

• May-2007
• / Historical
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The life of a Norman mercenary in the service of the Byzantine Empire. The Emperor in Constantinople is hiring mercenaries to repel the infidel. Among them is the ruthless nobleman Roussel de Balliol and his wife Lady Matilda. His obligations sit l...

• Aug-2012
• / Historical
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Originally titled Children of the Wolf, Founding Fathers is Alfred Duggan's story of the reign of King Romulus, always keeping the details of the ancient legend in view, conveys an extraordinary sense of the realities of life in the eighth century B....

• Aug-2012
• / Historical
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The clash of the Two Swords, of spiritual and temporal power, rings through the 12th century. In England its most famous instance was the dispute between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, a complicated story which cannot be understood unless...

• Aug-2012
• / Historical
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As barbarian hordes cut Britania off from Rome, ‘little emperors’ step into the power void…Having served at the Imperial Court itself, Felix, treasurer of Britannia, struggles in provincial Britain. Every penny is needed to fight the invading b...

• Oct-2012
• / Historical
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At the age of fourteen I had already decided on my future; I would become a ruler, free to give my wishes the force of law. My ambition was not inordinate; I did not want a wide kingdom, only an absolute one.' Cerdic Elesing, King of Wessex and anc...

• Oct-2012
• / Historical
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An impoverished young knight joins the First Crusade. Like most of his contemporaries, Roger has never travelled outside his county, let alone country. His fighting skills are untested. On the three-year journey, he discovers the yawning gulf between...

• Oct-2012
• / Historical
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Lord Geoffrey's Fancy is a beautifully detailed study of the world of the thirteenth century a world of knights and crusaders, of courtly love and chilvalry. Closely following historical fact, Duggan portrays the fate and fortunes of one Sir Geof...

• Oct-2012
• / Historical
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When Julius Caesar was murdered, the power vacuum was filled by a triumvirate: Mark Antony, the flamboyant soldier interested only in plunder; Octavius, Caesar's named heir, but not even a citizen and the least known of all, Marcus Lepidus, an old-f...

• Oct-2012
• / Historical
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  This acclaimed epic novel of the Roman Empire “covers a remarkable amount of ground, and covers it convincingly . . . damnably skillful” (The Sunday Times). Though they are proud of their superior civilization, Gaul nobles ...

• Aug-2018
• / Historical
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Epic historical adventure of one of the most infamous of ancient Macedonians.In the dawning of the Silver Age of Hellas, the Greeks have exchanged political freedom for enormous wealth. But is membership to the new world Empire worth the loss of Libe...

• Aug-2018
• / Historical
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As the Viking hordes invade, one man stands strong.It was foolish to fight those heathen pirates, the Vikings. Prudent statesman paid them off �" but they never stayed away for long. King Alfred was different. He alone stood his ground and fought th...