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Robert Graves
Features the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus’ journey home. This title draws on…
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Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. He watches and records the…
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Robert Graves,Suetonius
Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline…
Containing memorable encounters with fellow writers and poets, Goodbye to All That, is a classic war document.
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Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the…
Robert Graves continues the fictionalized account of the adventures of Sergeant Roger Lamb, an Irish soldier who fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War.
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At the age of sixteen, Mary Powell marries poet John Milton. Their marriage, which plays out during the Civil War, is not one of love, but rather a practical arrangement…
Robert Galbraith
The latest instalment in the highly acclaimed international bestselling series, featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling. Now in paperback.
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Dervla McTiernan
Every grave has a story ... The much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, from the no.1 bestselling author of The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.
The renowned poet, classicist, and novelist Robert Graves "recounts, in faithful and nicely atmospheric detail" the story of a British soldier during the American Revolution (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
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Apuleius
Originally published, 1951. Copyright renewed, 1979.
Robert W Graves
The contents of this book were published over a span of more than fifty years, from the day of my conversion to Christianity in 1969 to the date of the…
"Author of The Cuckoo's Calling"--Cover.
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George Stade
Robert Graves,Homer
War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after a…
Throughout his long and productive life, whether he was talking with Virginia Woolf, Peter Quenell, Jorge Luis Borges, Alan Sillitoe, Edwin Newman, or Gina Lollobrigida, the voice of Robert Graves…
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Bruce King
The poet and author Robert Graves (1895-1985), now best known for his historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God , thanks to the legendary BBC TV adaptation, was recognised…
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A reading and research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. This book is a scholar-poet’s quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations…
A collection of essays focusing on Robert Graves’s often neglected novels by some of the leading researchers in Graves studies. Best known as a poet, Graves, in fact, made his…
James S. Mehoke
This collection of essays provides the latest scholarship on Graves’ historical fiction (for example in I, Claudius and Count Belisarius) and his use of mythical figures in his poetry, as…
William Graves
William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is…
British author Robert Graves is known by many for his series of richly-detailed, compelling novels of ancient Rome, beginning with I, Claudius. Graves also fought for Great Britain in the…
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 is in the "public…
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive…
How to Grow a Beard: A Military Transition Guide Back into Civilian Life is primarily based on 10-year Marine Corps veteran Robert Graves’ personal lessons learned during his transition, as…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Robert Graves' poetic and scholarly reflections on English poetry are a joy to read and a valuable resource for anyone interested in this rich and diverse literary tradition. Through his…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
Makes accessible two of Graves’s pieces of non-fiction. This edition includes literary analysis and commentary with the original text. It is of use to students studying Graves as well as…
Presents translations of three major works from the Roman world. This title features the myths, legends and history of the classical world. It also includes I, Claudius and Claudius the…
T E Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, has long captured the imagination of the popular media. This biography presents an account of the man behind the myth.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
Marie Powell is 16 when her father marries her to the poet John Milton in payment of a debt. She struggles to adjust to her new life. As civil war…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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 was reproduced from the…
