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Paperback. How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a king? And why was he the one dramatist of his generation never to be imprisoned? This book helps you to understand what being Shakespeare was actually like. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015866
ISBN
9780141015866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. The third edition to which is prefixed, a life of the author, an essay on his works, a criticism on his history, and a dissertation on his poetry. 12 volumes beautifully rebound in red quarter morocco with gilt titled spines. Bookplate of Katherine & Robert Loeser. A fine set. The "Chronicles" are universally considered as the most vivid and faithful picture we have of events in the fourteenth century. Keywords: Literature; 14th Century; History; Biography
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1808
SKU
KHS0068094
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 1,560.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425262
ISBN
9781848425262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Three times viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. This is Sidney's own account of his career in Ireland, last published in the mid-19th century. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 161.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181805
ISBN
9781859181805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. The three plays collected here mirror the era after King Charles II. In Etherege's "The Man of Mode", Dorimant meets his match. In Wycherley's "The Country Wife", Horner fakes impotence to fool husbands into giving him access to their wives. In Congreve's "Love for Love", the Valentine can win his beloved only if he loses his inheritance. Editor(s): Salgado, Gamini. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000424
ISBN
9780140430271
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'The greatest literary scholar of his generation' (Independent) explains how the history of the Elizabethan era is the backdrop to William Shakespeare and his plays. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819951
ISBN
9780753819951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Collier Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
SKU
KDK0013851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Bantam USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780553212426
ISBN
9780553212426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.68

CD-Audio. There's something for everybody in this brilliantly baffling collection to keep listeners of all ages in suspense. Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 150. A collection of fictional detectives such as: Sherlock Holmes with his long suffering colleague, Dr Watson in "The Dying Detective", Father Brown as a witness in court in "The Man in the Passage", and J G Reeder in "The Poetical Policeman" and "The Green Mamba". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Csa Word Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904605317
ISBN
9781904605317
CD
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. The Hound of the Baskervilles features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The book also features Doyles's Last Holmes novel, The Valley of Fear, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781840224009
ISBN
9781840224009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scholastic Book Services
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KDK0013864
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Airmont Publishing Compa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KDK0013863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
SKU
KDK0013872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Laurel Leaf Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
SKU
KDK0013866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. David Stuart Davies' selection of the best stories of the master sleuth Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1998 EDITION
Condition
New
SKU
9781853267482
ISBN
9781853267482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.12

hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571325474
ISBN
9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This collection moves between private and public realms, pondering each from the other's borders. In a series of elegiac idylls, Motion conjures expeditionary narratives of a rural childhood and reconsiders moments of the Victorian past from reticent and surprising angles. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571218592
ISBN
9780571218592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. What is the truth about the mysterious Dr Cake? Why, at his funeral, is there no name on the brass plate so ostentatiously screwed into his coffin-lid? Andrew Motion, poet laureate, has wriiten a novel about poets and their afterlife. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216321
ISBN
9780571216321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Tells a story about Siegfried Sassoon and moving via World War Two and Korea to the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This title includes poems that are in the voices of combatants, others are based on memories of the poet's father, who landed at D-day and fought in France and Germany. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571288113
ISBN
9780571288113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A collection that offers a variety of lyrics, love poems and elegies, in which private domains of feeling infer other lives and a shared humanity - exploring how people cope with threats to and in the world around them, as soldiers, lovers, artists, writers and citizens. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244935
ISBN
9780571244935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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