2 vols in slipcase. 164 objects, each with full page illustration and a facing page of text. Vol 1 is concerned with deities; vol 2 looks at luxury objects. A gorgeous publication.
It's an odd state of things if publishers believe that girls need elided versions of classical tales - but far better they read this than none at all, of course. Circe, Demeter, Penelope, Ar... read more
A deft and powerful retelling of the myth of Medusa - the only mortal born to a family of gods, whose life was upended by Athene's revenge on Poseidon. Haynes' work is always exciting.
This excellent author has set his new novel in Roman Britain: a tribal princess given away as part of a peace treaty flees through Wales with her Roman lover.
A trove of delights, from fragments of Sappho and Pindaric odes, to translations by Chapman, Shelley and Robert Fagles. Another delicious Everyman edition.