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The Oak and Serpent
$99.95The Oak and Serpent is a 718-page, comprehensive history of the O'Sullivan / Sullivan Clan, from its mythological origin as revealed in the ancient annals, through the Middle Ages, and up to the twenty-first century. A detailed history and genealogy of all the O'Sullivan sub-septs is provided, including the O'Sullivan […] -
Dante: The Story of His Life
$69.95Marco Santagata's 'Dante: The Story of His Life' illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles—writer, philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. Santagata brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family and political relationships, and shows how the composition of the 'Commedia' was […] -
Whigs and Whiggism
$69.95Whigs and Whiggism is a collection of important political writings of Benjamin Disraeli, a nineteenth century British Prime Minister and one of England's most impressive theorists and statesmen. Disraeli displayed an implacable hatred of oligarchy, liberal progressivism, and all forms of materialism. He used his unique gifts to champion and […] -
The Life and Legends of the Sultan Saladin
$69.95An engaging biography that offers a new perspective on one of the most influential figures of the Crusades. In 1187, Saladin marched triumphantly into Jerusalem, ending decades of struggle against the Christians and reclaiming the holy city for Islam. Four years later he fought off the armies of the Third […] -
The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France
$64.95The gripping, atmospheric true story of the “duel to end all duels” in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight’s beautiful young wife. When Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight, returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing […]
