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The Sky Above, the Kingdom Below
| Author: | Daniel Allen |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 167995 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The wellspring of “The Sky Above, the Kingdom Below” is the remarkable 17th century figure, Thomas Coryate, unofficial jester to the court of King James I, associate of John Donne, Ben Johnson and Inigo...
| Author: | Giles Milton |
| Publisher: | Sceptre |
| Catalogue number: | 176469 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Paradise Lost is a history of the great fire of Smyrna in 1922, by bestselling non-fiction author Giles Milton. A consequence of the latter days of Greco-Turkish War, the fire decimated much of the...
| Author: | Michael Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Books |
| Catalogue number: | 103114 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Michael Wood examines whether the legendary figures of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Paris and Helen, actually existed and whether events such as the siege of Troy ever occured. New evidence uncovered at...
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire
| Author: | Jason Goodwin |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 79542 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The history of the Ottoman Empire all too often seems to be the preserve of academics. Jason Goodwin ignores this convention, preferring a dramatic and personal approach and bringing the Ottoman Empire...
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