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Odyssey
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READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY'S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY CAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME? The most famous heroic story of all time, Odyssey is chock full of monsters, murder, maelstroms, gods, giants, wit, wisdom - and the most cunn...
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<p><b>READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY'S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY </b></p><p><br/><b>CAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME? </b><br/><br/>The <b>most famous heroic story of all time,</b> <i>Odyssey</i> is chock full of <b>monsters, murder, maelstroms,</b> gods, giants, wit, wisdom - and <b>the most cunning hero</b> of them all: Odysseus<br/><br/><b>'Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books </b>. . . Fry <b>breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales . . . H</b>is wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a<b> highly engaging read' </b>Observer<br/><br/><b>----</b><br/><br/>Setting sail, hero Odysseus dreams of lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus a warrior's ways. However, gods toy with the desires of little mortals. Angered by this upstart's presumption, Poseidon - God of the ocean realms - curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years.<br/><br/>Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man's endurance.<br/><br/>Yet he is no mere mortal - and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever closer to home and his destiny . . .<br/><br/><b>A tale of love and longing, return and redemption, home and hope, Stephen Fry's <i>Odyssey</i> sees the author and national treasure weave together the final fabulous threads of the tapestry begun in worldwide bestseller, <i>Mythos.</i> It is a story for the ages - and <i>all</i> ages.<br/></b><br/><br/>----<br/><br/><b>Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series:</b><br/><br/>'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' <i>The Times</i><br/><br/>'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' <i>Daily Mail</i><br/><br/>'A head-spinning marathon of legends' <i>Guardian</i><br/><br/>'A rollicking good read' <i>Independent</i><br/><br/>'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' <i>Evening Standard</i><br/></p>
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The Last Dynasty
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A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. When Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt, he overthrew the hated Persian overlords and was welcomed as a saviour. He repaid them by showing due reverence to their long-held tra...
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<b>A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. </b> When Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt, he overthrew the hated Persian overlords and was welcomed as a saviour. He repaid them by showing due reverence to their long-held traditions. After his death, as the Greek empire broke up and his closest advisers squabbled over the spoils, a Macedonian general named Ptolemy seized the Egyptian throne, ushering in a new dynasty that would last for 300 years. What followed was as dramatic and compelling as any period in Egyptian history. The unique blend of Greek and Egyptian cultures led to an unprecedented flowering of learning, as the new city of Alexandria became home to the Great Library, the largest in the ancient world, that attracted the brightest minds. <b>Wars, incest, double-dealing, foreign empires and huge wealth all followed</b>, but the rise of the Roman empire would eventually bring the Ptolemaic era crashing to a close. Helped by the latest archaeological discoveries and using original papyrus documents, Toby Wilkinson uncovers a story that can only now be fully told. From courtly life to the role of women, from international trade to the tensions between native Egyptians and incoming Greeks, all aspects of life are here. <b>Filled with surprising insights, vivid descriptions and larger-than-life characters, and written in the author's compelling narrative style, <i>The Last Dynasty</i> will appeal to all lovers of history, archaeology, art and culture.</b>
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Understand The Middle East (since 1945)
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Understand The Middle East (since 1945) [Bok / Häftad]
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Unleashed
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Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Boris Johnson's Unleashed is an honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing book by the politician who has dominated our times. Underlying everything in the book is Johnson's belief that the UK is an extr...
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<p> <strong>Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Boris Johnson's <em>Unleashed</em> is an honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing book by the politician who has dominated our times.</strong> </p> <p>Underlying everything in the book is Johnson's belief that the UK is an extraordinary country and should have an exceptional future.</p> <p>From trouncing Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral race in 2008 to becoming prime minister, he takes readers through all the big decisions during his time in power and the reasons he took them. The challenges and crises, how they were resolved - or not - and how he nearly died from Covid. Riots, knife crime, bikes, buses, the London Olympics and so much more. He writes about his role in Brexit and the constitutional sea-change that took place in British politics in 2019 - with his landslide election victory and the massive expansion in the groups that think of themselves as Conservative.</p> <p>This is the reality as he saw it: unvarnished, uncensored, unleashed.</p>
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The Neverending Empire
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From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. "The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell ...
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<p> <strong>From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.</strong> </p> <p> <em>"The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive".</em> </p> <p>From its mythical foundations and epic construction to its enduring historical and cultural impact, the ancient Roman Empire has long fascinated readers across the world. In <em>The Neverending Empire</em> esteemed Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo describes an exciting new historical perspective: that the Roman Empire never fell. In fact, its influence reaches further and deeper than ever.</p> <p>Beginning with the origins of Rome, and the literary myth of Aeneas and Romulus, Cazzullo takes the reader on a page-turning voyage through ancient history, bringing to life the most captivating moments and characters of a dominant Empire: the republican age, with heroic men and women willing to die for their country. The adventure of coup plotters like Catiline and revolutionaries like Spartacus, the slave who inspired rebels of every age. The extraordinary stories of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus, two of the greatest leaders to have lived.</p> <p>Cazzullo goes on to draw fascinating parallels between the ancient and modern world, revealing how Rome lives on, across every facet of life and society. The ancient Romans have inspired poets, and artists, from Dante to Hollywood. They have dictated the rules of war, architecture, language and law. They have inspired America's democratic influence and the digital revolution led by Mark Zuckerberg, a great admirer of Emperor Augustus: the first man to lead a multi-ethnic community of people who didn't know each other but shared language, images and culture.</p> <p>From the Napoleonic to the British regimes, the ideas and philosophies of ancient Rome have been much imitated, but never surpassed. This is the remarkable story of an enduring Empire. An Empire that never died. An Empire that lives on, forever.</p>
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