Richard Jenkyns: 2 books
Classical Literature
An Epic Journey from Homer to Virgil and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The writings of the Greeks and Romans form the bedrock of Western culture. Inventing the molds for histories, tragedies, and philosophies, while pioneering radical new forms of epic and poetry, the Greeks and Romans created the literary world we still inhabit today. Writing with verve and insight,...
Westminster Abbey
A thousand years of national pageantry
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in the world in terms of its history, functions and memories - perhaps the most complex building of any kind. It has been an abbey and a cathedral and is now a collegiate church and a royal peculiar. It is the coronation church, a royal mausoleum, a Valhalla...