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The Sky Above, the Kingdom Below

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...

£12.99

Paradise Lost. Smyrna 1922

Paradise Lost. Smyrna 1922

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...

£8.99

In Search of the Trojan War

In Search of the Trojan War

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...

£7.99

Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire

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...

£8.99

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