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Cher asked for some books on Hannibal. Here are our recommendations

Pop Legend Cher
Pop Legend Cher
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Popular human Cher tweeted a cry for help today. The pop legend, who is very active on Twitter, is in a desperate search for the best book about "HANNIBAL".

Anything for Cher. Here are 10 great books about Hannibal:

Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome's Greatest Enemy by Richard A. Gabriel

The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy

The War With Hannibal by Titus Livius Livy

Battle of Cannae : Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Mark Healy

Hannibal's War : A Military History of the Second Punic War by J. F. Lazenby

Hannibal by Serge Lancel, translated by Antonia Nevill

Hannibal : A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C. by Theodore Ayrault Dodge

The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic by Robert L. O'Connell

Hannibal by G. P. Baker.

Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Leonard Cottrell

and just for fun, here's a novel!:

Pride of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal by David Anthony Durham.

And though this book isn't about the general "HANNIBAL," it is about a guy named Hannibal, and it is pretty good:

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Previously, Cher was concerned about Sea World:

Vox science reporter Joseph Stromberg was on the case: