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In the Shadow of Vesuvius A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Ash spewed into the sky. All eyes were on Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder sailed towards the phenomenon. A teenage Pliny the Younger waited. His uncle did not come back. In a dazzling new literary biography, Daisy Dunn introduces Pliny the Younger, the survivor who became a Roman lawyer, senator, poet, collec ...Show more
Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome by Daisy Dunn
45.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A rigorously and imaginatively researched anthology of classical literature, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich diversity of the literary canon of ancient Greece and Rome. Striking a balance between the 'classic classic' (such as Dryden's translation of the Aeneid) and the less familia ...Show more
The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn
40.00 NZD
Category: History
Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Rome, a magisterial new history of the ancient world told, for the very first time, through women. For centuries, men have been writing histories of antiquity filled with warlords, emperors and kings. But ...Show more
The Odyssey in 1,000 Pieces by Daisy Dunn
40.00 NZD
Category: Puzzles & Games | Series: A\Nature Journal Ser.
Homer's Odyssey, predating the invention of writing in ancient Greece, is revived in this stunning 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Encounter the one-eyed Cyclops, who feasts on the flesh of men; bewitching women, who charm with songs and spells; and meddling gods and goddesses, who shape the hero's fate. Fo ...Show more
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