{"title":"Eve MacDonald","description":"\u003cp\u003eEve MacDonald offers compelling explorations into the ancient world, blending meticulous research with vivid narrative style. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHannibal\u003c\/em\u003e, delve deep into historical military campaigns and key figures, illuminating the complexities of power and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful interplay between history and biography, where detailed accounts bring prominent individuals and their times to life. MacDonald’s writing invites reflection on the lasting impact of these ancient stories in the broader sweep of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carthage-by-eve-macdonald-9781529911688","title":"Carthage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA landmark new history of the ancient kingdom of \u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e, told through its iconic figures from Dido to Hannibal, drawing on brand new archaeological evidence to provide the definitive story of a legendary empire by a rising star in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is not only history reclaimed, this is history at its best!'\u003c\/em\u003e - Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of \u003cem\u003ePersians- the Age of the Great Kings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real Carthage was lost. An ancient North African kingdom, Carthage was the home of Hannibal and of Dido, of war elephants and enormous power and wealth, of great beauty and total destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark new history, Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people, using brand new archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend. A journey that takes us from the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa, \u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history. Reclaimed from the Romans, this is the Carthaginian version of the tale, revealing to us that, without Carthage, there would be no Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545565188332,"sku":"9781529911688","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529911688.jpg?v=1750036973"},{"product_id":"hannibal-by-eve-macdonald-9780300240306","title":"Hannibal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf history is written by the victors, can we really know Hannibal, whose portrait we see through the eyes of his Roman conquerors?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEve MacDonald has produced a real page-turner in this lucid account of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general whose invasion of Italy brought republican Rome almost to her knees.\u003c\/em\u003e —Antony Spawforth, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Greece and Rome\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Classical Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking biography, Eve MacDonald expands the memory of Hannibal beyond his military feats and tactics. She considers him in the wider context of the society and vibrant culture of Carthage which shaped him and his family, employing archaeological findings and documentary sources not only from Rome but also the wider Mediterranean world of the third century B.C. MacDonald also analyses Hannibal’s legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating military personalities in all of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855782990060,"sku":"9780300240306","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24400803482294.jpg?v=1759276947"},{"product_id":"carthage-by-eve-macdonald-9781529911695","title":"Carthage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA landmark new history of the ancient kingdom of \u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e, told through its iconic figures from Dido to Hannibal, drawing on brand new archaeological evidence to provide the definitive story of a legendary empire by a rising star in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe empire behind the legend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarthage\u003c\/em\u003e was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. 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