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Bettany Hughes
A revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, by bestselling author and TV historian Bettany Hughes
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William Golding
Meet the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece in this transporting tale of the classical world by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by…
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The SUNDAY TIMES-bestselling biography of one of the world’s greatest cities - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * From the award-winning historian and broadcaster comes an immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our…
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A "lively, wide-ranging" (TheTimes, UK)cultural history of the goddess of love
Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But…
Mary Renault
The sequel to Mary Renault’s classic The King Must Die, which continues the story of the mythological hero Theseus after his return from Crete.
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The King Must Die retells the story of Theseus, bringing mythology vividly to life.
Kevin Lygo
A vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told through the lives of its ninety-two emperors.
A biography of one of the world’s greatest cities - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul
Focusing on the real Helen of Troy (the possibility of a flesh-and-blood Helen), acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the context of life in the Bronze Age Greece for one of…
the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on the ‘real’ Helen - a flesh-and-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age - acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the context of life for…
For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city…
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First published in hardcover and ebook in 2019 by Weidenfel & Nicolson… in the United Kingdom –Copyright page.
A vivid history of the ancient goddess Venus by the bestselling historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes
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From the celebrated British author and historian comes a dazzling book in which she combines historical inquiry and storytelling to give readers a brilliantly vivid portrait of Socrates and the…
