Top 10 Must Read Ancient & Medieval  Best Selling Novels

 

10 Best Sellers in Ancient & Medieval  Books You Must Read

Here you will find ten of the best Ancient & Medieval  Novels in the world, based on experience, user review and volume of sales. Having explored, read or at the very least skimmed the books I bring you the best 10 Ancient & Medieval  that are worth your time and energy to read.

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TROY

Author: FRY STEPHEN

Headline: In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.

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Mythology

Author: Edith Hamilton

Headline: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

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The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer

Author: Homer

Headline: Contains the two great epic poems of Homer. The Iliad describes the Trojan War and the fall of Troy. The Odyssey describes the voyages of Odysseus on his return from the Trojan War. Both were translated into English prose by Samuel Butler.

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Celtic Mythology

Author: Philip Freeman

Headline: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes

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The Three Theban Plays

Author: Sophocles

Headline: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus (Annotated)

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The Odyssey

Author: Homer

Headline: Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.

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Letters from a Stoic

Author: Lucius Seneca

Headline: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with his Stoic principles. Later in life, he wrote Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, or Letters from a Stoic, detailing these principles in full.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

Author: J R R Tolkien

Headline: Here are three poems by unknown authors, the first two dating from around 1400 AD. The poems come with an acclaimed introduction by Tolkien, and have become an established student text.

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Theogony and Works and Days

Author: Hesiod

Headline: Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the Titans. In contrast, Works and Days is a compendium of moral and practical advice on husbandry, and throws unique and fascinating light on archaic Greek society

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The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Headline: The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis

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Top 10 Ancient & Medieval  Novels in the World

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