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After almost half a millennia of the Roman republic came five centuries of empire – and some of the most famous and colourful rulers in history

Beccles Library has launched a new book festival featuring talks with four bestselling authors of historical fiction including Simon Scarrow.

Beccles Library has launched a new book festival featuring talks with four bestselling authors of historical fiction including Simon Scarrow.

Bestselling authors will descend on a market town as "an exciting venture" is launched.

Bestselling authors will descend on a market town as "an exciting venture" is launched.

It is very possible that Peter Kemp is the best-read man in Britain. Certainly, as the Sunday Times’s chief literary critic for goodness knows how many years, he has read and opined upon more works of new fiction than most. His is either a dream job or an absolute nightmare, depending on how you feel

Martin Amis died 50 years exactly after the publication of his first novel, The Rachel Papers

In 2023, the London Book Fair reports more than 30,000 visitors and a long list of rights deals, which were reported to fair organizers.

Crassus was famous for putting down the slave revolt - led by Spartacus - with jaw-dropping brutality; he was reputedly the richest man in Rome.