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| Author: | Michael Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Worldwide |
| Catalogue number: | 103114 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within Unknown |
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...
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...
A Traveller's History of Turkey
| Publisher: | Windrush Press |
| Catalogue number: | 147733 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This concise account covers everything from the legendary Flood of Noah, the early civilisation of Catal Huyuk 7000 years before Christ, the treasures of Troy, Alexander the Great, the Romans, Selcuks...
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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