Ancient Love Stories: the most remarkable romances in history

(Hardback)

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From the emperor who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife to the notorious 'Ancient Greek Army of Lovers', this book collects together some of the most remarkable love stories in ancient history.

Taken together, these stories show that perhaps little has changed over the last 3,000 years. Passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here - as is the important message of accepting love in all its forms.

With striking artwork by Sander Berg, this is a fresh and fascinating approach to a universal subject.

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Ancient Love Stories will appeal to both history and romance fans and to all readers longing for their own epic love story. * School Reading List *

Author Bio

Emily Hauser (Author)
Emily Hauser is an award-winning classicist and the author of an acclaimed trilogy of novels retelling the stories of the women of Greek myth, For the Most Beautiful, For the Winner, and For the Immortal (2016-18, Penguin Random House). She read Classics at Cambridge, where she received a double first with distinction and won the Chancellor's Medal for Classical Proficiency. She has a PhD in Classics from Yale, and was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She is now a Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, and teaches and researches on women's writing ancient and modern. Her academic book, How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature, is coming out with Princeton University Press in 2023.

Sander Berg (Illustrator)
Sander Berg is a Swedish illustrator. His artwork seamlessly blends contemporary techniques and medieval subject matter, finding inspiration in art of the Renaissance and Middle Ages, nature and animals (unicorns included). His style has lent itself to various zines and books, gallery shows in the UK and US, and Google Doodles. A Journey Through Greek Myths, was published in 2020 by Flying Eye Books.