think 300, Christian crusade s***

punch someone in the face king slaying s***

can be fiction/non fiction any genre

Recently heard a review of Gustave Flaubert's Salammbo and it sounds brutal and epic. Large scale battles and violence and all. @op

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salammb%C3%B4

He renewed interest in the period and actually visited the locations.

I'll def be reading it sometime this year.

thank you

ADB's Helsreach goodreads.com/en/book/show/6949471 has a great last stand moment and it just so happen it revolves around templars. Well fantasy, in a far future templars

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is pretty biblical in scope.

The Iliad

berserk

It is just straight up a history book but your mention of crusades brought to mind Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire. I found it to be quite engagingly written and the subject matter very interesting and even thrilling. It essentially describes the Portuguese voyages of discovery, their early colonies in Africa and Asia, and the various conflicts they fought around the world.

Another history book which is similarly engagingly written and has, for lack of better words, an “exciting storyline”, is Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens. This one is set in Classical Greece and deals with the fascinating figure of Alcibiades, who was a key military and political leader at the twilight of the Athenian Golden Age.

Read an actual book on Roman history, 300 was bullshit @op

SPQR by Beard is one that I have been wanting to look at

The Blade Itself could be a good choice on the Fantasy front