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The Story Spinner
Don't miss the exclusive first print run edition with a beautiful foiled feather design and stunning maps inside. Available while stocks last!A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story...
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold
The dazzling companion volume to the bestselling MYTHOS. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures,...
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing, translated into English by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a...
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators. This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of...
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A classic history of fourteenth-century Europe, from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Guns of August The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and...
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary
Asser's revealing account of one of the great medieval kings Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings....
Timeless: A Drizzt Novel
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full...
Shadows in the Spring: A brand-new, gripping, time-slip romance,
Two souls bound together for eternity but lost in time. Until now. Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day...
Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century novel Journey to the West is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese novels ever written....
Viking: The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual
So, you want to be a Viking warrior? Fame, glory and wealth await those who brave storms and enemy spears to plunder far and wide in foreign lands. Who wouldn't...
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was...
Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World: The Economics of Sex
This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years' research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for sale...
The Crusader States
The only full account of life and culture in the twelfth-century crusader states, where religious battles raged and civilizations collided When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from...
The Sword in the Stone (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn - who goes on to become King Arthur. "Come, sword," said the Wart. He...
Blood of the Vikings
THE BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS is a five part series, each programme 50 minutes long, fronted by Julian (Meet The Ancestors) Richards, which was shown on BBC 2, last November....