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Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year'An enthralling and wonderfully vivid novel from a master storyteller' Joseph O'Connor'Kneale's medieval world is animated with a refreshing lightness of touch' Sunday Telegraph1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife w ...Show more
Pilgrims (H/B) by Matthew Kneale
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'An enthralling and wonderfully vivid novel from a master storyteller' Joseph O'Connor1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the ...Show more
Rome - A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
39.99 AUD
Category: History
Novelist and historian Matthew Kneale, a longtime resident of Rome, tells the story of the Eternal City-from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two-through pivotal moments that defined its history. Rome, the Eternal C ...Show more
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
24.99 AUD
Category: History
"This magnificent love letter to Rome" (Stephen Greenblatt) tells the story of the Eternal City through pivotal moments that defined its history--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the German occupation in World War Two--"an erudite history that reads like a pag ...Show more
Sweet Thames by Matthew Kneale
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames - for many Londoners the only source of drinking water. Joshua Jeavons, a young and idealistic engineer, embarks on an obsessive quest to find the caus ...Show more
The Rome Plague Diaries - Lockdown Life in the Eternal City by Matthew Kneale
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.
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