A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405) the last master nomadic power one of historys most extreme tyrants & the subject of Marlowes famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful combination of history & travelogue. The name of the last great warlord conjures up images of mystery & romance: medieval warfare on desert plains; the clash of swords on snow-clad mountains; the charge of elephants across the steppes of Asia; the legendary opulence & cruelty of the illiterate chess-playing nemesis of Asia. He ranks alongside Alexander as one of the worlds great conquerors yet the details of his life are scarcely known in the West. He was not born to a distinguished family nor did he find his apprenticeship easy
- at one point his mobile army consisted only of himself his wife seven companions & four horses
- but his dominion grew with astonishing rapidity. In the last two decades of the fourteenth century & the beginning of the fifteenth he blazed through Asia. Cities were razed to the ground inhabitants tortured without mercy sometimes enemies were buried alive
- more commonly they were decapitated. On the ruins of Baghdad Tamerlane had his princes erect a pyramid of 90 000 heads. During his lifetime he sought to foster a personal myth exaggerating the difficulties of his youth laying claim to supernatural powers & a connection to Genghis Khan. This myth was maintained after his death in legend folklore poetry drama & even opera nowhere more powerfully than in Marlowes play
- he is now as much a literary construct as a historical figure. Justin Marozzi follows in his path & evokes his legacy in telling the tale of this fabulously cruel magnificent & romantic warrior.



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One year ago Lady Camille Pryce left her haughty fiance at the altar
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The first time Spencer Kimball set eyes on Natasha Stanislaki he was floored by her exotic beauty. But the former ballet dancer had a fiery temperament that could keep men safely at bay. Sensing an open wound Spence & his little girl joined forces to find a way into her closely guarded heart. For Spence realized hed do anything to tame Natashas fears & show her how to love. ...

From the moment honey-tressed young Annabelle met her sister Minervas intended Lord Sylvester she developed a secret passion for him that obsessed her. Now she was determined to take him away from Minerva
- no matter what! But Annabelle hadnt reckoned on Lord Sylvesters best friend Peter who falls in love with her & decides to tame her growing passions towards the wrong man.
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Lilahs Anger Diary March 26th Anger levels: 11/10 Im Lilah May & Im ANGRY. So angry that Im about to be excluded from school my parents cant control me & only one person in the world understands me. & thats my best friend Bindi. I havent always been this way. It all started with my brother Jay. & what no one realises is that its all my fault. By the award-winning author of Zelah Green Queen of Clean. ...

Our well established & popular series which helps all your students to understand & enjoy Shakespeares plays has been enhanced even further: BLRevised students notes are clearer with detailed explanations of difficult words & passages plot synopses summaries of individual scenes & notes on the main characters BLFeaturing a host of new photographs of stage productions BLNew attractive cover design BLComplete & unabridged texts ...

Cambridge School Shakespeare editions offer an active approach to the Bard's works treating each play as a script to be acted explored & enjoyed. Resources available on Cambridge GO as a separate purchase: PDF Textbook
- an electronic version of the student text in PDF format that can be annotated & downloaded. Note: Cambridge School Shakespeare & New Cambridge Shakespeare contain the same version of the play text.
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The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most famous & controversial of Shakespeares comedies. The central relationship in which Petruchio boisterously tames a rebellious Kate has often appeared problematic. In the theatre it has been treated in a diversity of ways so that Kates apparent capitulation varies between the ironic & the sincere. Feminists have been divided in their responses. ...

Each book in the Shakespeare Made Easy" series presents the complete text of a Shakespeare play with the original lines printed on left-hand pages & a modern easy-to-understand translation of Shakespeares Elizabethan English on facing right-hand pages. In addition to the play each book presents helpful background information for students that places each play in historical perspective as well as quizzes & questions that teachers can use for short tests & classroom discussions. The lovely Bianca is courted by many suitors but her bad-tempered sister Kate frightens young men away. Then Kate is courted by Petruchio & the real fun begins in this popular Shakespeare comedy." ...

The beautiful but sharp-tongued Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husb&. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio it seems that she has finally met her match. & as he meets her own caustic words with a feigned capricious cruelty Katherina quickly comes to understand the absurdity of her shrewish behaviour in one of the greatest of all comic battles of the sexes. ...