Ancient Sagas and epics

In der europäischen Literatur sind die Sagas einzig: nirgendwo als auf Island entstand eine solch spannende, in der Volkssprache abgefasste Prosaliteratur.

Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chr tien de Troyes.

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Epen sind die altesten verschriftlichten Grotexte vieler Sprachen.

In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age.

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In the beginning, everything was fine.

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Erzählungen über die Seefahrt des irischen Abts Brendan von Clonfert (6.

The topic of a potential relationship between Babylonian and Greco-Roman medicine has been discussed for a long time, yet it is notoriously difficult to give it flesh and bones by means of concrete examples.

This collection brings together twenty eight chapters written by Stephen Harrison's colleagues and former students from around the globe to celebrate both his distinguished teaching and research career as a classicist and his outstanding and admirable service to the international classical community.

'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York TimesSharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation through the ages from the dawn of creation.

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A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle.

From the pen of Steven Pressfield, author of The Sunday Times Bestseller Gates of Fire comes a captivating, gripping and atmospheric novel of military might and war.

AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS.

How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of genderWhen Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed to describe a poet was a male oneaoidos, or ';singer-man.

A gripping saga of love, betrayal and secrets that can't stay hidden .

A novel inspired by the brave nurses and doctors from the first NHS hospital, the Trafford General, opened after the end of World War II.

Warm-hearted fiction at its best - SunA seaside town helps one young woman rediscover hope and healing in a brand-new novel from bestselling author Debbie Macomber.

Ellen thought she d always live in the remote, pretty coastal village where she grew up.

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The heartwrenching new novel from bestselling author Kitty NealeCan she put right the secrets of the past?

'A splendidly exciting and original story' Sunday Telegraph'Terrifyingly exciting suspense' Ian FlemingSet in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier.

The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival.

A USA TODAY BESTSELLERA PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERA WOMAN'S WORLD BEST NEW BOOK'I read well into the night, unable to stop.

Similar to Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores another facet of good living by outlining the best governing practices that benefit the majority, and not the minority.

After escaping the grip of the workhouse, Lily has kept her fianc 's business afloat while he is away fighting on the Western Front.

A big, glorious novel in every sense, this sprawling family saga is a funny and big-hearted epic from a seriously gifted wordsmith Marie ClaireRead the sweeping and enchanting new novel from the author of The Giant s HouseBertha is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts ever since she was discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery with nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person.

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Molly's story continues in this gripping saga of love, betrayal and secrets that can't stay hidden .

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Can Irene find a new home by the docks?

Eager to learn the rules of magic, Lucius agrees to participate in a shapeshifting spell that suddenly goes awry, transforming the man into a donkey.

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'Reading this book is like sitting in the pub listening to a good friend tell you stories.

The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus.

WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award'A terrific read.