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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in the English literary canon ring...

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His...

Ben Jonson was one of the world's greatest literary minds. During the reign of James I his literary prestige was at its height, and, during his lifetime, Jonson's contemporary literary...

Author: Ian Donaldson (Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 562 Ben Jonson was the greatest of...

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His...

Ben Jonson was commonly regarded during his lifetime and the century following his death as a writer whose powers were equal, if not superior, to those of Shakespeare. By the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the teeming, raucous world of Elizabethan and Jacobean London, few figures burned as brightly — or as...

Author: Ben JonsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBen Jonson's Selected Masques presents a captivating collection of the...

Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the winter of 1618–1619, the great English playwright and poet Ben Jonson made an extraordinary journey on foot from London to Edinburgh,...

Author: Ben JonsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The King's Printers, 1930Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Number 48 of 188 copies (British Empire). Red vellum with gilt. 39 page reproduction of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBen Jonson stands as one of the towering figures of the English Renaissance, a contemporary and rival of Shakespeare whose...

The book titled Ben Jonson: Selected Works by the author Ben Jonson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis classic Jacobean comedy, The Alchemist, chronicles the elaborate schemes of a cunning...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE....

Jonson's rich and savage comedies The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedOne of the twentieth century's most scandalous royal sagas unfolds in The Windsor Story, a sweeping and authoritative account of Edward VIII's abdication and the...

'Cannon has a keen descriptive eye and a striking, lyrical turn of phrase . . . a rich, warm, authoritative book' TLS This is the definitive tale of how our...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: As new. Set against the opulent and treacherous backdrop of Tudor England, this sweeping historical novel chronicles the rise and...

Brings together the major works of literary criticism from the English Renaissance Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a...

A rich selection of poetry from the golden age of English poetry. The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed...

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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing...

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Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Edward VIII, from his early years as Prince of Wales to...

In an age where resilience is essential The Windsor Legacy delivers an enthralling narrative of inspiration and royal intrigue. Penned by Robert Jobson, a Sunday Times and New York Times...

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...

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King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angouleme. The two women were central to shaping John and his reign, each in her...

Author: Ben JonsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Binding cracked. All pages intact.Every Man In...

A brilliant hybrid of myth, history and fantasy from Sylvia Townsend Warner, one of the twentieth century's great novelists Don Juan, that notorious libertine, has disappeared. Has he been dragged...

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as...

When Hamlet complains that Guildenstern 'would pluck out the heart of [his] mystery,' he imagines an encounter that recurs insistently in the discourses of early modern England. The struggle by...

'A very promising historical adventure' - THE TIMES 'A terrific novel' - HISTORIA MAGAZINE *** 'There is a fury in England that none shall suppress - and when it breaks...

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The unforgettable and bestselling story of the turbulent birth of Tudor England, from a brilliant historian Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 'He were a dark prince,...

Author: John Lennon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary The Beatles musician and songwriter John Lennon John Lennon...

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Gardens of Court and Country provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed by the English landscape garden that...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Alison Weir Format: Hardback...