About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Cookie Usage
Add Your Store
Filters

Filters

[*] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]
Price: £ - £
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Available
Annals and Histories
Annals And Histories
    Tacitus was the greatest
    historian of the Roman
    empire. Born in about AD
    55, he served as
    administrator and leading
    senator. This career gave
    him an intimate view of
    the empire at its highest
    levels, experience
    brought to bear on his
    writing.
    His major
    works are the
    Annals and the
    Histories, both
    of which have come down
    to us incomplete. Between
    them, they cover a
    period of about 80 years,
    from the death of the
    first emperor, Augustus,
    to the death of Domitian
    in 96AD. In addition,
    Tacitus also composed two
    short historical books or
    essays, the
    Agricola (about
    his father-in-law, a
    distinguished provincial
    governor) and the
    Germania, an
    account of the tribes
    beyond the
    Rhine.
    Tacitus is a
    brilliant narrator and
    master stylist who had
    ample material for his
    story in the dramatic,
    violent and often bloody
    events of the first
    century. His portraits -
    especially those of
    Tiberius, Nero, and
    Nero's immediate circle -
    are unforgettable, his
    scene-setting masterly,
    his psychological
    analysis as acute as any
    novelist. He is also a
    fierce critic of the
    decadence and corruption
    which marked struggles
    for the imperial
    succession. As Robin Lane
    Fox writes in his
    brilliant introduction,


Availability: In Stock
Available
Orpheus: The Song of Life
Orpheus: The Song Of Life
    For at least two and a
    half millennia, the
    figure of Orpheus has
    haunted humanity.
    Half-man, half-god,
    musician, magician,
    theologian, poet and
    lover, his story never
    leaves us. He may be
    myth, but his lyre still
    sounds, entrancing
    everything that hears it:
    animals, trees, water,
    stones, and
    men.

    In this
    extraordinary work Ann
    Wroe goes in search of
    Orpheus, from the
    forests where he walked
    and the mountains where
    he worshipped to the
    artefacts, texts and
    philosophies built up
    round him. She traces the
    man, and the power he
    represents, through the
    myriad versions of a
    fantastical life: his
    birth in Thrace, his
    studies in Egypt, his
    voyage with the Argonauts
    to fetch the Golden
    Fleece, his love for
    Eurydice and journey to
    Hades, and his terrible
    death. We see him
    tantalising Cicero and
    Plato, and breathing new
    music into Gluck and
    Monteverdi; occupying the
    mind of Jung and the
    surreal dreams of
    Cocteau; scandalising the
    Fathers of the early
    Church, and filling
    Rilke with poems like a
    whirlwind. He emerges as
    not simply another
    mythical figure but the
    force of creation itself,
    singing the song of
    light out of darkness and
    life out of
    death.
Availability: In Stock
£16.19
Contact Us
Let us dent the universe not by a single action but by billions of innovations that define us as humans
  • productWIKI, St Austell Close, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0EE, United Kingdom
  • web@productwiki.co.uk
  • +44 (0) 20 8191 9063
  • Mon-Sat 8:30am - 5:30pm
Information
My Account
Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter for latest offers
© Copyright productWIKI 2022 All rights reserved.
Menu