A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Song of Achilles published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list ...

Greece in the age of heroes Patroclus an awkward young prince has been exiled to the court of King Peleus & his perfect son Achilles Despite their differences Achilles befriends the shamed prince & as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war & medicine their bond blossoms into something deeper
- despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis a cruel sea goddess But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped Achilles must go to war in distant Troy & fulfill his destiny Torn between love & fear for his friend Patroclus goes with him little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Bernadette Soubirous (Jones) is a sickly 14-year-old who sees a vision of a "beautiful lady" & never suffers from her illness again Moreover a fountain suddenly materialises near her vision that seems to heal visitors who bathe in it Unspoiled by her apparent gift Bernadette nonetheless suffers the prejudices of those around her in this extraordinary inspiring film that also stars Vicent Price Charles Bickford & Lee J Cob Actors Jennifer Jones Charles Bickford Vincent Price Lee J Cobb Gladys Cooper Anne Revere Roman Bohnen Mary Anderson Patricia Morison Aubrey Mather Charles Dingle Edith Barrett Sig Ruman Blanche Yurka & Ermadean Walters Director Henry King Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1943 Screen 431331 Languages English Additional Languages French; Italian; German; Spanish Subtitles French; Italian; German; Spanish; Danish; Finnish; Norwegian; Swedish; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 35 minutes (approx) ...

Available again after being long out of print this is the pre-eminent critical study & exploration of how myth & legend played such a significant role in the works of JRR Tolkien The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord of the Rings digging deep into the foundations of Tolkien's world to reveal the complex tapestry of history & mythology that lies behind his stories The charge that Tolkien's work was merely derivative
- that he extracted elements from other mythologies & incorporated them into his own fiction
- is dismissed in favour of a fascinating examination of the rich historical background to Middle-earth From the mythic tradition of the Tales told in The Book of Lost Tales I to the significance of oral storytelling throughout the history of Middle-earth this book examines the common themes of mythology found within Tolkien's work In doing so The Song of Middle-earth demonstrates how Tolkien's desire to create a new mythology for England is not only apparent in his writing but also realised

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Charles the king our emperor great Has been a full seven years in Spain As far as the sea he conquered this haughty land Not a single castle remains standing in his path Charlemagne (768-814) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 & presided over a huge empire He frequently appears in literature as a great warlord & pious crusading figure In 778 the rearguard of Charlemagne's retreating army was ambushed & defeated at the battle of Roncevaux This became the inspiration for songs & poems celebrating deeds of valour in the face of overwhelming odds through the character of Charlemagne's nephew (the imaginary) Roland The Song of Roland is the most stirring & moving epic poem of the European Middle Ages offering a particularly heady mixture of history legend & poetry Presented here in a lively & idiomatic new translation the Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism manhood religion race & nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture The Song of Roland is accompanied here by two other medieval French epics about Charlemagne both of which show him to be a far more equivocal figure than that portrayed by the Roland the Occitan Daurel & Beton in which he is a corrupt & avaricious monarch; & the Journey of Charlemagne to Jerusalem & Constantinople which gives the heroes of the Roland a comic makeover ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Marlene Dietrich stars as a country girl who climbs the social ladder in this romantic drama directed by Rouben Mamoulian Visiting her aunt in decadent Berlin naive Lily (Dietrich) soon falls for the charms of sculptor Richard Waldow (Brian Aherne) who lives across the street After convincing her to model nude for him the pair become lovers Soon however Lily&s ambitions lead her into the arms of the wealthy Baron von Merzbach (Lionel Atwill) who introduces her to the delights of the high life before Lily branches out on her own installing herself as a cabaret singer at a local club As her life threatens to take a downward spiral & realising the mistakes she&s made Lily runs into Richard by chance & the pair finally reconcile their differences ...

With Ruthers dead & the Library Accord signed by Recoletta its neighbours & its farming communes Inspector Malone & laundress Jane Lin are in limbo as the city leaders around them vie for power A desperate attempt to save Arnault from execution leads to Malone's arrest & Jane's escape They must pursue each other across the sea to discover a civilization that has held together over the centuries There they will finally learn the truths about the Catastrophe that drove their own civilization underground File Under Fantasy Day of Execution Sky High We are the Dead Nature of the Catastrophe ...

A long time ago Magic faded away leaving behind only yo-yos the extremely useful compass-pointing-to-North enchantment & the spell that keeps bicycles from falling over Things are about to change Magical power is on the rise & King Snodd IV of Hereford has realised that he who controls Magic controls almost anything Only one person stands between Snodd & his plans for unimaginable power & riches Meet Jennifer Strange sixteen-year-old acting manager of Kazam the employment agency for sorcerers & soothsayers She may only have one functioning Wizard & her faithful assistant ' Tiger' Prawns to help her But one thing is certain she will not relinquish the noble powers of Magic to big business & commerce without a fight ...

A rebel who becomes a queen The hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series
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Can new hopes bloom when summer begins again? When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in one of her family cottages on the edge of Dartmoor she senses there is something he is not telling her But as he gets to know the rest of the warm jumble of family by the moor Tim begins to relax again & he discovers that everyone there has their own secrets There is Kat a retired ballet dancer who longs for the stage again; Charlotte a young navy wife struggling to bring up her son while her husband is at sea; William who guards a dark past he cannot share with the others; & Mattie who has loved Tim in silence for years As Tim begins to open up Mattie falls deeper in love & as summer warms the wild Dartmoor landscape new hopes begin to bloom If you like books by Lucy Diamond Trisha Ashley & Carole Matthews you'll love Marcia Willett's gloriously warm novels set in the West Country ...