Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
3 booksRodrigo Díaz de Vivar was the Castilian warrior known as El Cid. He served and fought against several Christian and Muslim rulers, campaigned across eleventh-century Iberia […]
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Saint Winifred
3 booksSaint Winifred, or Winefride, is a Welsh saint whose cult became especially important from the twelfth century. According to legend, a rejected suitor decapitated her near […]
Selim II
3 booksSelim II was the Ottoman sultan who succeeded Suleiman the Magnificent. His reign included the conquest of Cyprus, the naval defeat at Lepanto and continued reliance […]
Seneca
3 booksSeneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist and adviser to Nero. His career combined moral writing with political power and immense wealth, ending in forced suicide […]
Seti I
3 booksSeti I was a pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty and father of Ramesses II. He restored Egyptian authority in parts of Syria and Palestine, fought the […]
Siegfried Sassoon
3 booksSiegfried Sassoon was a British poet and army officer whose decorated service on the Western Front was followed by a public protest against continuation of the […]
Sporus
3 booksSporus was a young freedman whom Nero had castrated and publicly treated as a spouse. The episode is preserved by hostile ancient writers and illustrates the […]
Theodosius I
3 booksTheodosius I ruled the eastern Roman Empire from AD 379 and briefly reunited east and west before his death in 395. He recovered from the Gothic […]
Theodosius II
3 booksTheodosius II is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and empire, conquest and resistance. These […]
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was one of the most powerful nobles at Henry VIII’s court. A veteran commander who played a leading role at […]