An illustrated adaptation of selected verses from the Old Testament.

He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham’s ...

The life of Rosamond Lehmann was as romantic and harrowing as that of any of her fictional heroines. Her first novel, the shocking Dusty Answer, became wildly successful ...

This biography is a narrative account, drawing on primary sources and original research, "aiming to give as close an impression as possible of what it was like to know Evelyn ...

After a horrible hag saves King Arthur's life by answering a riddle, Sir Gawain agrees to marry her and thus releases her from an evil enchantment.