read john julius norwichs history of the popes demonstrates that the career church professional outnumbered the nepotist and the magnifico
the last of rome by adrian goldsworthy follows the gibbon line with asides on the true extent of atiiolas empire and why the sassanid empire never became a superpower or encouraged in a standoff cold war with the roman empire shows the strengths and weaknesses of theRoman empire as USA
impact by douglas preston had read his tyrannosaur canyon before quite a fast moving thriller reached the denoucement expected tale of NASa scientist discovering an alien artifact while engaging in depscan of deimos moon of mars and the number of interested parties and hit emn after the evidence the artifact turns out to be an alien planetary bombardment weapon millions of years old and starts taking potshots at the moon and earth good ending unexpected
under heaven by guy gavriel kay famed for his historical fantasies set in countries not unlike byzantium( sarantium) or moorish spain( al rassan)
this was set in tang china and related the often novelised story of the an lushan rebellion and the foundation of the failed yan dynasty
lot of words lot of similiar plots
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