'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle.
'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle.
Walther und Hildegund Unbekannt - Als Etzel, der König der Hunnen, mit seinen Heerscharen die Völker unter seine Macht zwang, stellten viele Könige ihm Geiseln, damit er ihr Land verschone.
In his wonderful book, Ibrahim Zidane takes us on an amazing journey through the orchards of luxurious Arabic literature, where he rediscovers the most beautiful anecdotes and anecdotes that abound in ancient Arabic books.
Prepare to indulge in an exciting and innovative study that takes us on the journey of exploring the personality of a woman whose effects on culture continue to this day.
This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEARSoaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes.
Fictional Females is a book about books--specifically, about more than 160 American novels that had female protagonists, appeared between the immediate post-Revolutionary period and the beginning of World War II, and shaped as well as reflected women's lives.
El mejor ensayo sobre Tácito por primera vez en españolAclamado a menudo como el mejor historiador romano y, en general, como uno de los prosistas latinos más brillantes, Tácito es una figura literaria clave sobre la que, sin embargo, existen muchas incógnitas.
Professor Tudor Parfitt, a real-life British Indiana Jones, has made the biggest discovery of the last 3,000 years - the secret location of the fabled Ark of the Covenant.
One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process.
This book offers a unique journey into the worlds of preachers, sages, ascetics, and princes through rare excerpts of their sayings that embody moral, religious, and scientific depth.
Whitney's two volumes of verse miscellany, 'Sweet Nosegay' (1573) and 'The Copy of a Letter' (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with popular and vernacular sources, and reflect the growing literary appetites of the urban population.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian "Leonardo da Vinci", the son of a Pomor peasant from Kholmogory, was not only a brilliant physicist, chemist and astronomer, but also an outstanding Russian historian, one of the first to speak out against the Norman theory and the doctrine preached by German historians about the "unhistoricity of the Russian people.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is perhaps the most relevant classic of Russian literature for our time, whose works are gladly filmed by leading directors.
Dietrich von Bern Unbekannt - In den Zeiten, da Germanen als die Herren im Römerreich lebten, regierte in der Stadt Verona, die auch Bern genannt wurde, der mächtige Gotenkönig Dietrich.
