Babylon
- Author Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrator Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Publisher Headline
- Publish Date 21 May 2026
- Run Time 19 hours and 38 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Ancient history, Biography: historical, political and military.
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'Intimate and immensely detailed. I've never encountered a work of ancient history so finely drawn'
THE TIMES
'One of our greatest scholars of the ancient world . . . a remarkable feat of urban resurrection'
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
'Compelling and authoritative . . . an exhilarating portrait of one of the world's greatest cities'
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Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword for sinful decadence. But Babylon was a real place teeming with life, a bustling mega-city on the Euphrates where schoolteachers, artisans, priests, slaves, prostitutes and soldiers rubbed shoulders in maze-like streets and busy marketplaces.
The city was home to some extraordinary rulers, from Hammurabi the great lawgiver to Nebuchadnezzar II, the conqueror-king, under whose reign the city glistened in gold and lapis lazuli.
In Babylon, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones brings the city vividly to life, tracing its foundation through to its world domination, and subsequent decline, fall and ruin into dust. From ribald drinking songs to acerbic letters between rival kings, the extraordinary ancient sources help inform what is both a stunning work of scholarship and a fascinating evocation of a long-lost world.
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'Engrossing and informative' DR. ERIC H. CLINE
'Sweeps you up and carries you off like the River Tigris itself!' IRVING FINKEL
| Author | Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones |
| Duration | 19 hours and 38 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781035416806 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Headline |
| Genre | Ancient history, Biography: historical, political and military |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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