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| "White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of LondonOne of the most talked about fictional debuts ever White Teeth is a funny generous big-hearted novel adored by critics and readers alike Dealing - among many other things - with friendship love war three cultures and three families over three generations one brown mouse and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle it is a life-affirming riotous must-read of a book'Funny clever and a rollicking good read' Independent 'An astonishingly assured debut funny and serious I was delighted' Salman Rushdie'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Julian Barnes Guardian'Quirky sassy and wise a big splashy populous production reminiscent of books by Dickens and Salman Rushdie demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that's street-smart and learned sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times'Smith writes like an old hand and sometimes like a dream' New Yorker'Outstanding A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life' Sunday Telegraph'Do believe the hype' The Times'Relentlessly funny idiosyncratic and deeply felt' Guardian"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet Ahlberg (Paperback, 1982)" |
| "The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is jam-packed with brilliant jokes!This Young Puffin joke book is full of good jokes to tell your dad mum your baby brother your teacher and anybody else you can think of such as What goes ha ha bonk? A man laughing his head offandWhat goes 99 bonk? A centipede with a wooden legandWhat goes putt putt putt putt putt putt putt putt?A bad golferand lots more besides Allan Ahlberg - a former teacher postman plumber's mate and gravedigger - is in the super-league of children's writers with sales exceeding 17 million and library borrowings of 13 million In collaboration with his late wife Janet he has published many enduring titles among them Each Peach Pear Plum Peepo! Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman In addition he has written novels collections of stories sets of easy-readers and joke books"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg (Paperback, 1984)" |
| "Happy 30th birthday Please Mrs Butler!This witty collection of school poems by Allan Ahlberg re-jacketed for its 30th anniversary and for a whole new generation of school children to fall in love with is full of typical classroom events that will be recognized and enjoyed by everyone From never-ending projects reading tests quarreling making-up excuses and 'Please Sir it isn't fair' Fritz Wegner's line drawings beautifully complement the hilarious and poignant versesPlease Mrs Butler was voted the most important twentieth-century children's poetry book in a Books for Keeps poll"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Momo by Michael Ende (Paperback, 1985)" |
| "At the edge of the city in the ruins of an old amphitheatre there lives a little homelss girl called Momo Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her Then one day the sinister men in grey arrive and silently take over the city Only Momo has the power to resist them and with the help of Professor Hora and his strange tortoise Cassiopeia she travels beyond the boundaries of time to uncover their dark secrets"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Goggle-eyes by Anne Fine (Paperback, 1990)" |
| "Kitty Killin is not only a good storyteller but also the World's Greatest Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwanted boyfriends Particularly when there's a danger they might turn into new and unwanted stepfathers"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "The Reverend Lee is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition Back-to-Front Dyslexia It affects only his speech and he doesn't realize he's doing it but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by his seemingly outrageous comments At last a cure is found and the mild-mannered vicar can resume normal service Or at least as normal as is possible for a man who must walk backwards to be sure of talking forwards!A highly comic tale in the best Dahl tradition of craziness written for the benefit of the Dyslexia Institute"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful Starjik King of Winter steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Haroun&39;s father is the greatest of all storyletters His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell Haroun is determined to return the storyteller&39;s gift to his father So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine Okay Okay So hang me I killed the bird For pity's sake I'm a catPoor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house Then a mouse But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?The hilarious antics of Tuffy and his family as told by the killer cat himself 'Anne Fine knows how to make readers laugh' GuardianAnne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Delois Taylor (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Mildred DTaylor's much-loved classic for readers aged 12 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry follows a feisty African-American girl - Cassie Logan - as she grows up in Mississippi during the Great Depression and learns the shocking realities of racism Perfect for fans of The Help Malorie Blackman and To Kill a Mockingbird 'Look out there Cassie girl all that belongs to you'Cassie finds it difficult to understand why the farm means so much to her father But as she witnesses the hatred and destruction all around her she begins to learn the importance of standing up for your rightsThe powerful and moving story of growing up during the American DepressionMildred D Taylor was born is Jackson Mississippi and is the author of several young adult novels which tackle issues of race including the iconic Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Land"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Puffin Book of Stories for Five-year-olds by Wendy Cooling (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "The Puffin Book of Stories for Five-year-olds edited by Wendy Cooling brings together stories perfectly suited for every five-year-oldSeventeen exciting stories full of adventure and magic by much-loved writers including Margaret Mahy Ted Hughes and Malorie Blackman From a naughty pirate to a very lonely lion children will love the amazing characters they meet in this timeless collection!Perfect for five-year-olds to share or read aloud With a gorgeous cover illustrated by Nick SharrattWendy Cooling was educated in Norwich and then spent time travelling the world On her return to England she trained as a teacher and taught English in London for many years She left teaching to work on the promotion of books and reading as Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Booktrust) and later founded Bookstart the national programme that helps to bring books to young readers"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Puffin Book of Stories for Six-year-olds by Wendy Cooling (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "The Puffin Book of Stories for Six-year-olds edited by Wendy Cooling is essential reading for all six-year-olds!Fourteen brilliant stories from some of our best-loved authors including Geraldine McCaughrean Philippa Pearce and Penelope Lively With a Martian in a supermarket a monkey in trouble and a magic pearl tree there's something for everyone to discover in this special collectionPerfect for six-year-olds to share or read alone With a gorgeous cover illustrated by Nick SharrattWendy Cooling was educated in Norwich and then spent time travelling the world On her return to England she trained as a teacher and taught English in London for many years She left teaching to work on the promotion of books and reading as Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Booktrust) and later founded Bookstart the national programme that helps to bring books to young readers"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Thirteen Unpredictable Tales by Paul Jennings (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "A selection of the best short stories from Paul Jennings' earlier Puffin titles Everyone is entirely different but all are wacky and extraordinary Subjects range from the longest kiss ever to a boy who becomes transparent - and the stories are all unpredictable!"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Geraldine McCaughrean (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "A lively humorous retelling for children of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean"
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| "The American by Henry James (Paperback, 1981)" |
| "Henry James's third novel is an exploration of his most powerful perennial theme - the clash between European and American cultures the Old World and the New Christopher Newman a 'self-made' American millionaire in France falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde Her family however taken aback by his brash American manner rejects his proposal of marriage When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past he confronts a moral dilemma Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James's masterly early work is at once a social comedy a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Metamorphoses by Ovid (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends Ovid&39;s deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers trees animals stones and stars First published in 1567 this landmark translation by Arthur Golding was the first major English edition of the epic which includes such tales as the legend of Narcissus; the parable of Icarus; and the passion held by the witch-queen Circe for the great Aeneas A compelling adaptation that used imagery familiar to English sixteenth-century society it powerfully influenced Spenser Shakespeare and the character of Elizabethan literature"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1974)" |
| "Collecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors Jane Austen's Lady Susan The Watsons and Sanditon is edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin ClassicsThese three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles from melodrama to satire and exploring a range of social classes and settings The early epistolary novel Lady Susan depicts an unscrupulous coquette toying with the affections of several men In contrast The Watsons is a delightful fragment whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride Written in the last months of Austen's life the uncompleted novel Sanditon set in a newly established seaside resort offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusementMargaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life and discusses the social background of her fiction This edition features a new chronologyJane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride and Prejudice at the age of 22 She was also the author of Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Northanger Abbey and Mansfield ParkIf you enjoyed Lady Susan The Watsons and Sanditon you may like Charlotte Bronte's Tales of Angria also available in Penguin Classics'In Sanditon she exploits her greatest gifts her management of dialogue and her skill with monologue The book feels open and modern as vigorous and inventive as her earlier work'Carol Shields"
Price: 4.49 |
| "The Warden by Anthony Trollope (Paperback, 1984)" |
| "Anthony Trollope's The Warden is the first of his well-loved Chronicles of Barsetshire edited with an introduction and notes by Robin Gilmour in Penguin ClassicsThe tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men In the ensuing furore Septimus Harding the almshouse's well-meaning warden finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold a zealous local reformer Matters are not improved when Harding's abrasive son-in law Archdeacon Grantly leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press An affectionate and wittily satirical view of the workings of the Church of England The Warden is also a subtle exploration of the rights and wrongs of moral crusades and in its account of Harding's intensely felt personal drama a moving depiction of the private impact of public affairsIn his introduction Robin Gilmour examines Trollope's background and his influences especially his use of contemporary newspaper scandals This edition also includes suggestions for further reading and notesAnthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family's high social standing and their comparative poverty He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his 'Barsetshire novels' The Warden (1855) As well as writing over forty novels including such popular works as Can You Forgive Her? (1865) Phineas Finn (1869) He Knew He Was Right (1869) and The Way We Live Now (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to EnglandIf you enjoyed The Warden you might like Trollope's The Way We Live Now also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (Paperback, 1989)" |
| "Daniel Defoe's bawdy tale of a woman's struggle for independence and redemption Moll Flanders is edited with an introduction and notes by David Blewett in Penguin ClassicsBorn in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later Moll Flanders' drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest adultery bigamy prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before her crimes catche up with her and she is transported to the colony of Virginia in the New World If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin and repentance through self-made self-reliant Moll Daniel Defoe's rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes and amoralities of the struggle for property and power in the newly individualistic society of Eighteenth-century EnglandBased on the first edition of 1722 this volume includes a chronology suggestions for further reading notes on currency and maps of London and Virginia in the late seventeenth centuryDaniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant soldier spy and political pamphleteer Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred and fifty books on economics history biography and crime but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life which includes Robinson Crusoe (1719) Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana (1724) Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel and many consider him to be the first true novelistIf you enjoyed Moll Flanders you might like Samuel Richardson's Pamela also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (Paperback, 1991)" |
| "Son of a bankrupt landowner Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match however and push him to save the family's mortgaged estate by making a good marriage to a wealthy heiress Only Mary's loving uncle Dr Thorne knows the secret of her birth and the fortune she is to inherit that will make her socially acceptable in the eyes of Frank's family - but the high-principled doctor believes she should be accepted on her own terms A telling examination of the relationship between society money and morality Dr Thorne (1858) is enduringly popular for Trollope's affectionate depiction of rural English life and his deceptively simple portrayal of human nature"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction Inspired by Aphra Behn's visit to Surinam Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author's romantic view of Native Americans as simple superior peoples in the first state of innocence before men knew how to sin' The novel also reveals Behn's ambiguous attitude to African slavery - while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England's power her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality"
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| "North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "As relevant now as when it was first published Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and humanitarian ideals This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Patricia InghamWhen her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man John Thornton as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction In North and South Gaskell skilfully fused individual feeling with social concern and in Margaret Hale created one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature In her introduction Patricia Ingham examines Elizabeth Gaskell's treatment of geographical economic and class differences and the male and female roles portrayed in the novel This edition also includes further reading notes and a useful glossaryElizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford In 1832 she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters and one son who died in infancy Her first novel Mary Barton was published in 1848 winning the attention of Charles Dickens and most of her later work was published in his journals including Cranford (1853) serialised in Dickens's Household Words She was also a lifelong friend of Charlotte Bronte whose biography she wroteIf you enjoyed North and South you might like Jane Austen's Persuasion also available in Penguin Classics'An admirable story full of character and power'Charles Dickens"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay The Fantastic Imagination The subjects are those of traditional fantasy good and wicked fairies children embarking on elaborate quests and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds Within this familiar imaginative landscape his children's stories were profoundly experimental questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "When Reverend Josiah Crawley the impoverished curate of Hogglestock is accused of theft it causes a public scandal sending shockwaves through the world of Barsetshire The Crawleys desperately try to remain dignified while they are shunned by society but the scandal threatens to tear them and the community apartDrawing on his own childhood experience of genteel poverty Trollope gives a painstakingly realistic depiction of the trials of a family striving to maintain its standards at all costs With its sensitive portrayal of the proud and self-destructive figure of Crawley this final volume is the darkest and most complex of all the Barsetshire novels"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "On the day of his wedding Conrad heir to the house of Otranto is killed in mysterious circumstances His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself - despite the fact he is already married But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union as the curse placed on Manfred's ancestor who usurped the lawful Prince of Otranto begins to unfold First published pseudonymously in 1764 purporting to be an ancient Italian text from the time of the crusades The Castle of Otranto is a founding work of Gothic fiction With its compelling blend of sinister portents tempestuous passions and ghostly visitations it spawned an entire literary tradition and influenced such writers as Ann Radcliffe and Bram Stoker"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is edited with an introduction by John Seelye in Penguin ClassicsWhen a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow inn young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map among the dead man's possessions But Jim soon becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map's existence and his bravery and cunning are tested to the full when with his friends Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down the treasure With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - Blind Pew and Black Dog the castaway Ben Gunn and the charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson's tale of pirates treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure storiesIn his introduction John Seelye examines Stevenson's life and influences and the novel's place within adventure fiction This edition also includes Stevenson's essay on the composition of Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh the son of a prosperous civil engineer Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1893)If you enjoyed Treasure Island you might like Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Loss of the Ship Essex Sunk by a Whale by et al., Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "The gripping first-hand story of the disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and is the basis for a major new feature film In the Heart of the SeaIn 1820 the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale The ship sank leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days By taking drastic measures eight men survived to reveal their astonishing tale This authoritative edition brings together the harrowing tales of the survivors including Owen Chase's 'Narrative of the Wreck of Whaleship Essex' and an account by Thomas Nickerson the 15-year old cabin boy who was steering the ship when the whale attackedThomas Nickerson and Owen Chase were two of the eight surviving crew members of the Ship EssexThomas Philbrick is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburg and has edited critical editions of the works of Joshua Slocum and Henry Dana Jr Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea and director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies He is also a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings collects stories of matchless charm and enduring popularity that enchanted listeners at Charles Dickens&39;s public readings This Penguin Classics is edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Slater Since it was first published in 1843 A Christmas Carol has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas Dickens&39;s story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past present and future has been adapted into countless film and stage versions since it was first published Dickens&39;s other Christmas writings collected here include &39;The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton&39; the short story from The Pickwick Papers on which A Christmas Carol was based; The Haunted Man a tale of a man tormented by painful memories; along with shorter pieces some drawn from the &39;Christmas Stories&39; that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality charity and remembrance This new selection contains an introduction by distinguished Dickens scholar Michael Slater discussing how the author has shaped ideas about the Christmas spirit original illustrations by &39;Phiz&39; and John Leech an appendix on Dickens&39;s use of The Arabian Nights a further reading list and explanatory notes Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 His most famous books including Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions If you enjoyed A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings you might like Dickens&39;s The Pickwick Papers also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan whose father vanished ten years before Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year a large lustrous pearl Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman a stolen hoard of Indian treasure a wooden-legged ruffian a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim 'Isn't it gorgeous!'"
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| "The Annals of Imperial Rome by Cornelius Tacitus (Paperback, 1956)" |
| "His last work regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first century AD This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Michael GrantTacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68 With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero and the wars poisonings scandals conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively Tacitus' account is sharply critical of the emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome while also filled with a longing for its past gloriesMichael Grant's translation vividly captures the emotional patriotism of Tacitus' moral tone offset by a lucid understanding that Rome is doomed and conveys with cinematic vigour the lives of the great Emperors who laid the foundations of modern EuropeTacitus (56-117) studied rhetoric in Rome and rose to eminence as a pleader at the Roman Bar In 77 he married the daughter of Agricola conqueror of Britain of whom he later wrote a biography Agricola His other works all available in Penguin Classics include the Germania and the The HistoriesIf you enjoyed The Annals of Imperial Rome you might like Herodotus' The Histories also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 8.49 |
