OTHER BOOKS BY ANTONY KAMM
Julius Caesar: a life
This fresh account, for the general reader and student, of the life and times of an extraordinary man who was the ultimate all-rounder, makes an ideal complement to The Romans: an introduction. In particular, it looks at such questions as did Caesar destroy the republic? What were the legality of his position and the moral justifications for his actions? What was his relationship with Cleopatra? How good a general really was he? Why was he assassinated? What happened next? With new translations from classical sources.
This is an excellent basic study that deals with all significant aspects of Caesar’s life and the world of the late Republic.
Suzanne Cross, review on Amazon com.
This is a great book, clear, concise, fast-paced.
G. Neto, review on Amazon co. uk
Routledge, London and New York, 2006.
Paperback. ISBN 0-415-41121-1. 188 pages.
Photographs, maps, plans, and line illustrations.
List price UK £16.99, USA $30.95.
The Last Frontier: the Roman invasions of Scotland
Ancient Scotland, then occupied by Celtic settlers, never became part of the Roman empire, in spite of being invaded on several occasions. Here is a narrative of these momentous events, set in the context of the development of Scotland from prehistoric times to nationhood. Extracts from Latin texts are in new translations.
As accessible as it is scholarly. Properly set in the context of events elsewhere in the empire, it provides a straightforward account of this early episode in Scotland’s story. . . . Mr Kamm informs and entertains in equal measure.
Tom Kyle in Scottish Daily Mail
Alternate choice History Book Club in USA.
Tempus 2004.
Paperback. ISBN 0-7524-3137-4. 192 pages. 16 maps.
List price UK £17.99, USA $35.
John Logie Baird: a life
By Antony Kamm and Malcolm Baird
The definitive biography of the first man to demonstrate real television. In the future, when people wish to look up the facts of his life and achievements, I believe it will be to this remarkable book that they will turn first.
Michael Bennett-Levy in British Vintage Wireless Society Bulletin
Kamm and Baird -- the latter the inventor’s son -- tell their tale dispassionately and amidst their careful coverage of the complex technological and business history of Baird and television manage to paint a strikingly clear portrait of the inventor who started it all.
Russell A. Potter in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
NMS Publishing 2002.
Hardback. ISBN 1-901663-76-0. 510 pages. 60 photographs and 11 diagrams.
List price UK £25, USA $39.95.
The Israelites: an introduction
A companion volume to The Romans: an introduction. The author draws on Biblical, archaeological, historical, and critical sources to present a straightforward, objective, and largely chronological account of the culture which produced the Old Testament and from which Christianity derives, from its origins to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 135 CE. With a further chapter on the legacies of the Israelites.
Routledge, London and New York, 1999.
Paperback. ISBN 0-415-18096-1. Maps, charts, photographs, and line drawings.
List price UK £15.99, USA $28.95
Biographical Companion to Literature in English
A revised edition, especially for the American market, of the author’s Collins Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (“A remarkable one-man show”, Daily Telegraph), covering over 1500 writers. Authors of works in other languages are included where these are widely read in English or have influenced the development of literature in English.
In recognition of their ability to capture the essence of their subject’s lives and work, Kamm’s biographies, despite their brevity, merit inclusion among even the most extensive collections of literary biography.
Rettig on Reference
Articles are long enough to provide substantive information, yet the volume remains useable as a quick reference source and can easily be scanned for key facts.
American Reference Books Annual
Scarecrow Press 1997.
Hardback. ISBN 0-8108-3349-0. 624 pages.
List price UK £56, USA $73.
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