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Designs on the Past
Explore how history was brought to life on the silver screen and how the Hollywood's epic movies dictated our vision of the past. This lively study analyses how Hollywood …
Aphrodite's Tortoise
Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this meticulous study, one with interesting implications for the origins of Western civilisation. The Greeks, …
Creating a Hellenistic World
Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire had far-reaching impact, in space and time. Much of the territory that he seized would remain under the control of Macedonian kings until …
Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z
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Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World
The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. Yet this revealing aspect of women's history has been little studied. In …
The Last King in India
The Last King in India is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his …
Project X CODE Yellow-Lime Book Bands Oxford Levels 3-11 Super Easy Buy Pack
Project X CODE is specially developed to accelerate the progress of your struggling readers. This pack contains 3 copies each of all 96 CODE and CODE Extra books at Oxford Levels …
Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras
A wide examination of the ways in which the Greeks constructed, de-constructed, engaged with and relied on their pasts. This volume in "The Edinburgh Leventis Studies" series …
Company Of Nations
Company of Nations weaves mystical suspense with unconventional romance. When personal decisions and world events of the late 70's and early 80's shake the lives of three …
King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
This book explores Achaemenid kingship and argues for the centrality of the royal court in elite Persian society. The first Persian Empire (559-331 BC) was the biggest land empire …
Contemporary Irish Drama and Cultural Identity
Within the last ten years there has been a renaissance in Irish drama from both sides of the border, including award-winning work which has transfered to London and New York, and …