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Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
$27.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He reco ...Show more
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
$34.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1914, an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. Yet forces beyond his control threaten his work. The Great War is looming, and various interest groups - Turkish, German, English and American - are vying for control ...Show more
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
1914, and an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. Yet forces beyond his control threaten his work. The Great War is looming, and various interest groups are vying for control over the land and its many prizes. And S ...Show more
Morality Play by Unsworth Barry
$36.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The time is the fourteenth century. The place is a small town in rural England, and the setting a snow-laden winter. A small troupe of actors accompanied by Nicholas Barber, a young renegade priest, prepare to play the drama of their lives. Breaking the longstanding tradition of only performing religiou ...Show more
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
$26.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows ...Show more
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"It is the spring of 1767, two years after the events of Barry Unsworth s Booker Prize-winning novel Sacred Hunger. Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Liverpool slave ship owner, has had the rebellious sailors of his father s ship brought back to London to stand trial on charges of mutiny and piracy. However, S ...Show more
The Ruby In Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Thurstan, a young Norman and would-be Knight at the Court of King Roger in Palermo, has been in love since boyhood with Lady Alicia, now returned a widow from the Holy Land. At the same time, he is enthralled by the earthy sensuality of the dancer, Nesrin, whose troupe he brings to Court to dance for th ...Show more
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Court of King Roger in Twelfth century Sicily simmers with the volatile passions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Latins and Greeks. Among them, a young Norman called Thurstan Beauchamp finds employment under Yusuf, a Muslim who holds the Christian king's purse strings. But while Thurstan wishes to be ...Show more
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