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Dante's Divine Comedy by Ian Thomson
$35.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: The\Landmark Library
As a singer of other-worldly horror and celestial beatitude alike, Dante has no equal. Yet, in spite of our distance from medieval theology, the Florentine poet's allegorical journey through hell, purgatory and paradise remains one of the essential books of mankind. At least fifty English language versi ...Show more
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A beautifully produced account of the history and importance of Hadrian's Wall, by a bestselling author and expert on Ancient Rome. Located at the far-flung and wild edge of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall was constructed by Emperor Hadrian in the 120s AD. Vast in size and stretching from the east to ...Show more
Magna Carta - The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter by Dan Jones
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy, as part of the stunning landmark library series. On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled ...Show more
Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter by Dan Jones
$19.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: The\Landmark Library
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Plantagenets comes a beautifully produced account of the signing, impact, and legacy of a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracyOn a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgru ...Show more
Olympia - The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games by Robin Waterfield
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: The\Landmark Library
The story of the ancient Olympic Games, held in honour of Zeus at Olympia in the eastern Peloponnese, traditionally dated as starting in 776 BC, and held from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE. The victors of these ancient games may have been awarded crowns of olive leaves in recognition of thei ...Show more
Versailles by Colin Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: The\Landmark Library
The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of Versailles. Nothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became legenda ...Show more
Voyagers: The settlement of the Pacific by Nicholas Thomas
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
From an award-winning scholar, the extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled. Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the sixteenth ...Show more
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