Philippa of Hainault
2 booksPhilippa of Hainault is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, political ambition and government, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. […]
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Philippa Roet
2 booksPhilippa Roet was a woman of the royal household, the sister of Katherine Swynford and the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer. She served Philippa of Hainault and […]
Plato
2 booksPlato was a Greek philosopher, student of Socrates and founder of the Academy in Athens. His dialogues shaped Western philosophy and political thought, and his links […]
Plautus
2 booksPlautus was a Roman comic playwright of the third and second centuries BC. Adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, his plays feature clever slaves, boastful […]
Prasutagus
2 booksPrasutagus is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and empire, conquest and resistance. These works […]
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, was the younger son of George II and a British army commander. He defeated the Jacobite army at Culloden in 1746 […]
Publius Quinctilius Varus
2 booksPublius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman senator and governor who commanded three legions in Germany. In AD 9 Arminius lured the army into a prolonged ambush […]
Pupienus
2 booksPupienus was an experienced Roman senator and former urban prefect who became joint emperor with Balbinus during the crisis of AD 238. The senate selected them […]
Quintus Servilius Caepio
2 booksQuintus Servilius Caepio was a Roman commander associated with the disaster at Arausio in 105 BC. His rivalry with fellow commander Mallius Maximus and the scale […]
Ramesses III
2 booksRamesses III was a pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty often regarded as the last major ruler of the New Kingdom. His inscriptions celebrate victories over Libyan […]