Books like The eagle in splendour by Philip Mansel

A Roman soldier confronts mythic challenges and learns to harness barbarian magic to defend Rome’s gods.

A Royal Affair is a captivating biography of King George III of Great Britain, focusing on his sister Caroline and her tumultuous life under her royal duties. It explores the reign of a king known as the mad monarch and reveals the story of his tumultuous siblings and the changing world of monarchy. The book delves into the scandalous stories of King George's brothers and Caroline's affair with a radical doctor, providing a vivid and intimate account of the Georgian world of dynastic marriages and radical ideas.

In hidden tunnels beneath Wall Street, librarian Mollie Fletcher uncovers a Cold‑War secret: the Declaration of Independence may hide a terrorist plot. When the enigmatic Sebastian Barnett asks her to trust him, danger, intrigue and unexpected affection follow.

GOLDEN WARRIOR In the days of Indian unrest and cavalry wars, the Cheyenne leader known as Gold Eagle walked the plains determined to defend his adopted people from the Army's injustice. His flowing blond hair and powerfully muscled golden body struck fear in the hearts of men. Yet the hard planes of his chisled warrior's visage and his immense strength belied his wounded heart. Living among his emeny is disguise, he found the one thing that could soothe his tormented soul: Mallory Tompkins, a stubborn, ambitious newspaperwoman with hair like the blazing sunset and eyes like the brightest emeralds, Her passionate kisses tore his world asunder, and stirred a desire that threatened to destroy all he knew. But where fate had united them, deceit would destroy their bliss, unless they could forever join their love, their souls, their destinies.

A history of the Ottoman Empire from before Osman I in the 1280s until after Abdülmecid II in 1924.