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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told. Also included in this book are the adventures of Theseus and his dramatic battle with the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, and the quest of Jason for the Golden Fleece with the help of the Princess Medea. Features Summary The author recounts the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the wooden horse all figure in this introduction to one of the great legends... Author Andrew Lang Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd Release date 19950906 Pages 256 ISBN 1-85326-172-6 ISBN 13 978-1-85326-172-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The Greek army has been sent to Troy to recapture Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. But how can they get inside the heavily defended city? The Greek commander, Odysseus, comes up with an extraordinary solution - but will his daring plan really work? Features Summary The Greek army has been sent to Troy to recapture Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. But how can they get inside the heavily defended city? The Greek commander... Author Russell Punter (Editor), Matteo Pincelli (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20120301 Pages 48 ISBN 1-4095-4535-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4095-4535-4

 Pip Carlton is a kind soul.  A good son and a devoted husband, he is also a highly respected pharmacist, cherished by his loyal customers in Herringbone Parade.  When his wife dies in her sleep, without cause and without pain, he is distraught.  Comforted by his caring assistant, Pip struggles to take up the threads of his life, ignoring the rumours about Margaret's death, relieved that the police are content to shrug off the mystery. But Helen West, Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor, fresh from hospital herself, refuses to believe that Margaret simply slipped into her final slumber.  Others are more difficult to convince, including Helen's awkward, pragmatic partner, Detective Superintendent Bailey, and the only people who share her suspicions are a confused and lonely boy and the drug addict who dies so mysteriously in Geoffrey's arms. Hard cover, with dust jacket.  Good condition.  Slight foxing.  200 pages.    

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days "This edited volume will make a major contribution to our appreciation of the importance of classical literature and learning in medieval Ireland, and particularly to our understanding of its role in shaping the content, structure and transmission of medieval Irish narrative." Dr Kevin Murray, Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork. From the tenth century onwards, Irish scholars adapted Latin epics and legendary histories into the Irish language, including the Imtheachta Aeniasa, the earliest known adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid into any European vernacular; Togail Troi, a grand epic reworking of the decidedly prosaic history of the fall of Troy attributed to Dares Phrygius; and, at the other extreme, the remarkable Merugud Uilixis meic Leirtis, a fable-like retelling of Ulysses's homecoming boiled down to a few hundred lines of lapidary prose. Both the Latin originals and their Irish adaptations had a profound impact on the ways in which Irish authors wrote narratives about their own legendary past, notably the great saga Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle-Raid of Cooley). The essays in this book explore the ways in which these Latin texts and techniques were used. The chapters of this book are unified by a conviction that classical learning and literature were central to the culture of medieval Irish storytelling, but precisely how this relationship played out is a matter of ongoing debate. As a result, they engage in dialogue with each other, using methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines (philology, classical studies, comparative literature, translation studies, and folkloristics). Ralph O'Connor is Professor in the Literature and Culture of Britain, Ireland and Iceland at the University of Aberdeen. Contributors: Erich Poppe, Helen Fulton, Robert Crampton, Barbara Hillers, Michael Clarke, Maire Ni Mhaonaigh, Ralph O'Connor, Abigail Burnyeat Features Summary Examinations of the use of classical Latin texts, themes and techniques in medieval Irish narrative. Author Ralph O'Connor Publisher D.S. Brewer Release date 20141120 Pages 254 ISBN 1-84384-384-6 ISBN 13 978-1-84384-384-9