‘A new understanding of history’ Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%
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‘Irresistibly fascinating’ MARIE CLAIRE GREECE
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An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology
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‘Ingenious… a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning’ Daily Telegraph
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‘Has the power to change the way you look at the world’ Steven Bartlett
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Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger.
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The teachings of Stoic philosophy began and thrived in the Greek and Roman world until the 3rd century AD, and has since experienced multiple revivals right up to the modern day.
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‘Glorious’ Guardian
‘Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable’ SPECTATOR
‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times
‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times
What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?
In Preface to Paradise Lost, C. S. Lewis presents an illuminating reflection on John Milton’s Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis’s own work.
‘An important contribution … Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic – and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today’Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire
