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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how a radical new political order was born out of the revolutionary movements that swept through the Greek world in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., how it took firm hold and evolved over the next two hundred years, and how it was eventually undone by the invading Macedonian conquerors, a superior military power. Mitchell's superb history addresses the most crucial issues surrounding this first paradigm of democratic governance, including what initially inspired the political beliefs underpinning it, the ways the system succeeded and failed, how it enabled both an empire and a cultural revolution that transformed the world of arts and philosophy, and the nature of the Achilles heel that hastened the demise of Athenian democracy. Features Summary A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later Author Thomas N. Mitchell Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20151003 Pages 368 ISBN 0-300-21503-7 ISBN 13 978-0-300-21503-8

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Five Days in November, 1920: As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from the fields of Northern France, three women are dealing with loss in their own way: Hettie, who dances for sixpence a waltz at the Hammersmith Palais; Evelyn, who toils at a job in the pensions office, and Ada, a housewife who is beset by visions of her dead son. One day a young man comes to her door. He carries with him a wartime mystery that will bind these women together and will both mend and tear their hearts. A portrait of three intertwining lives caught at the faultline between empire and modernity, Wake captures the beginnings of a new era, and the day the mood of the nation changed for ever. Format:Paperback Pages:336

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer.  Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. Books dispatched within 3 business days. Our books are protected with a removable plastic cover and sent with care. Jonathan Cape 1980 First Edition UK Hard Cover Very Good clean copy, in very good dust-w rapper. Price-clipped. ' The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five' is the second volume in Doris Lessing's celebrated space fiction series, 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction. 'The Marriages' is set in the indeterminate lands of the Zones, strange realms which encircle the Earth. Zone Three, a peaceful, contented, matriarchal paradise, is ruled by the gentle Queen Al. Ith.; the neighbouring Zone Four is a land given to war and chaos, controlled by the brutal warrior-king, Ben-Ata. Their marriage, a melding of the extreme male and female principles, threatens to destabilise the entire galactic empire. Bibliographic information: Title The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five: (as Narrated by the Chronicles of Zone Three) Volume 2 of Canopus in Argos - Archives Series, Canopus in Argos - Archives Series Author Doris May Lessing Publisher Cape, 1980 ISBN 022401790X, 9780224017909 Length 245 pages Subjects Fiction  ›  Literary Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.