The Siege of Troy, Paperback - Theodor Kallifatides

DescriptionIn this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the ...

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DescriptionA rewarding philosophical essay on memory, language, love, and the passage of time, from a Greek immigrant who became one of Sweden's mo...

Reducere. A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it--an extraordinary follow up to The Sil...

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books LtdAuthor(s): W. N. HerbertNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 12Cover type: Paperback / so...

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Reducere. The ancient city of Troy really existed. The Trojan War that figures in Homer's two great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, really happened. B...

Reducere. Only the determination of one man can bring victoryThe Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece's greatest warriors have fallen. But then a...

Reducere. War is coming - and nothing can stop it...Settled in his small island kingdom, Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile ...

Reducere. The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone The kingdom is in danger. Renegade knight Sir Keren has succ...

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Reducere. Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through murky wate...

PART THREE OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy a...

The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS.

Travel To A Distant OutpostDurgam's Folly sits at the edge of the kingdom, an embattled outpost against the evil creatures of the world. You travel...

Inspired by the Indian Mutiny of 1857, The Siege of Krishnapur is set in the fictional town of that name where a British garrison withstands a four...

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Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mys...

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The Portuguese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature exercises his capacity for darkness, intellectual inquiry and humour across these reissued ...

DescriptionOnly an ember of humanity survived the first Xaros invasion. Now, the Xaros return to deliver the final blow to Earth and her defenders....

Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishes he had stayed a sergeant after he is put in terrible danger by Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill at t...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work w...

The full story of the most terrible siege in history when over a million people perished, illustrated by pictures recently released from Russian ar...

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Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress.

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Reducere. The Siege of Londonderry was a crucial episode of the Williamite wars that followed the Glorious Revolution of 1689. Catholic forces loyal to the d...

Reducere. A prizewinning historian tells the dramatic story of the siege that changed the course of the First World WarIn September 1914, just a month into W...

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