Historathon 2024 - hosted by tenar

Prehistory-500 CE
Q1: January through March.
All books added
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters by Henry Gee, Henry Gee

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

Henry Gee, Henry Gee

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction by Chris Gosden

Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Chris Gosden

131 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Defying Rome: The Rebels of Roman Britain by Guy de la Bédoyère

Defying Rome: The Rebels of Roman Britain

Guy de la Bédoyère

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts

Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials

Alice Roberts

431 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The World Before Us: The Lives of Our Archaic Human Ancestors – and How They Live On by Tom Higham

The World Before Us: The Lives of Our Archaic Human Ancestors – and How They Live On

Tom Higham

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective fast-paced
How to Be by Adam Nicolson, Adam Nicolson

How to Be

Adam Nicolson, Adam Nicolson

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander

The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

Caroline Alexander

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire by James Romm

Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire

James Romm

341 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark informative fast-paced
Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation by Ruby Blondell

Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation

Ruby Blondell

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging reflective slow-paced