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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Binding tearing in some places but pages still intact.Few works have shaped the Western understanding of the ancient world as...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of classical literature, Makers of Rome presents nine of Plutarch's...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodOne of antiquity's most enduring and celebrated works, Plutarch Selected Lives presents a curated collection drawn from the...

This revised edition features a new introduction by Robin Seager, putting the lives in the context of Plutarch's biography and literary career, discussing and comparing the individual lives, and analysing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the grand stage of ancient Greece and Rome, Plutarch's Lives presents the parallel biographies of history's most towering figures — statesmen, orators, and conquerors —...

A vivid and richly anecdotal portrait of Spartan society. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise...

Vivid biographies of famous characters from the Ancient Greek world, in a revised edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and...

An intriguing document giving insight into the founders of the Roman republic These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives...

Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? How does...

What is history and how should it be written? This important new anthology contains all the seminal texts that relate to the writing of history in the ancient world The...

Lauded by Homer and Pindar, Pliny and Plutarch, the ancient Greek site of Delphi was revered for centuries as the "navel of the earth." Seekers came from all over Greece...

Coriolanus is perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written. Set in Ancient Rome, it remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics. The introduction to...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their...

Cleopatra is one of the greatest romantic figures in history, the queen of Egypt whose beauty and allure is legendary. We think we know her story, but our image of...

Cleopatra had the rare distinction of connecting three great cultures. She was born of an ancient Greek Dynasty that stretched back to the time of Alexander the Great, and as...

*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...

*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...

*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...

Author: Christopher S. Celenza Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Born in Tuscany in 1304, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca is widely considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian...

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over...

For this updated edition, David Bevington has included in his introductory section a thorough consideration of recent critical and stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstrating how the theatrical design...

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way...

Author: Lucy Kissick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A mysterious accident on Pluto has left one girl mute, her father comatose, and her brother damaged and altered. But their...

In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender...

The differences and discrepancies in the Gospels constitute the foremost objections to their reliability and the credibility of their message. Some have tried to resolve Gospels contradictions with strained harmonization...

New translation of One of Plato's major dialogues, popular because of its subject-matter- love Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the...

Author: PetrarchBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis edition of The Sonnets of Petrarch features the renowned poetry of Petrarch, edited by Thomas...

Author: M. D. Usher Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals - and our vital relationships with them....

Author: Garry Wills Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and...

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over...

Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography PEN Literary Award Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist New York Times Notable Book Washington Post Notable Book Boston Globe Best...

Author: Frances Wilson (Chester University) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 National Book Critics Circle Award, Biographers International Organization Plutarch Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist...

Author: Angela Saini Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 'I learned something new...

The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements,...

Author: Gardner FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: DC Comics, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Still WrappedThis vibrant collection chronicles the thrilling adventures of legendary Golden Age superheroes, presenting a pivotal...

Author: Gardner FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: DC Comics, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Still wrapped This vibrant collection chronicles the thrilling adventures of legendary Golden Age superheroes, presenting a...

Author: Gardner FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: DC Comics, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Still WrappedThis vibrant collection chronicles the thrilling adventures of legendary Golden Age superheroes, presenting a pivotal...

Author: Gardner FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: DC Comics, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Still wrappedThis vibrant collection chronicles the thrilling adventures of legendary Golden Age superheroes, presenting a pivotal...

Author: Gardner FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: DC Comics, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Still WrappedThis vibrant collection chronicles the thrilling adventures of legendary Golden Age superheroes, presenting a pivotal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the crumbling remnants of Saxon burhs to the formidable gatehouse towers of the late medieval period, Town Defences in England and Wales presents...