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Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
27.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He reco ...Show more
Crete by Barry Unsworth
26.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
"It is hard to think of anywhere on earth where so many firsts and mosts are crammed into a space so small," Barry Unsworth writes of the isle of Crete.Birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, the Greek alphabet, and the first Greek laws, as well as the home of 15 mountain ranges and the longest gorge in Europ ...Show more
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
36.99 NZD
38.99 (5% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1914, an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. Yet forces beyond his control threaten his work. The Great War is looming, and various interest groups - Turkish, German, English and American - are vying for control ...Show more
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
28.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
1914, and an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. Yet forces beyond his control threaten his work. The Great War is looming, and various interest groups are vying for control over the land and its many prizes. And S ...Show more
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
29.99 NZD
31.00 (3% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows ...Show more
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Quality of Mercy opens in the spring of 1767, in the immediate aftermath of the events in Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. It follows the fortunes of two central characters from that book: Sullivan, an Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, the son of a disgraced Liverpool slave-ship owner who hanged himse ...Show more
The Ruby In Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
37.00 NZD
39.99 (7% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Thurstan, a young Norman and would-be Knight at the Court of King Roger in Palermo, has been in love since boyhood with Lady Alicia, now returned a widow from the Holy Land. At the same time, he is enthralled by the earthy sensuality of the dancer, Nesrin, whose troupe he brings to Court to dance for th ...Show more
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
28.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
The Court of King Roger in Twelfth century Sicily simmers with the volatile passions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Latins and Greeks. Among them, a young Norman called Thurstan Beauchamp finds employment under Yusuf, a Muslim who holds the Christian king's purse strings. But while Thurstan wishes to be ...Show more
The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth
49.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Trojan War is about to break out, and Agamemnon will do anything to enable the Greek fleet to set sail with the wind behind him. Even the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigeneia is not too much to ask. A 21st century approach to the cast of Homeric characters. Hardback
The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
'Troy meant one thing only to the men gathered here, as it did to their commanders. Troy was a dream of wealth, and if the wind continued the dream would crumble.'The vast invasion fleet lies impotent, rocking on the waters in the straits of Aulis. Great Agamemnon's army grow uneasy at the delay and int ...Show more
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