A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile.

The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, sh...

From 1861 to 1908 a womanthe Empress Dowager Tz'u-hsiborn the daughter of a minor mandarinheld th...

Shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circums...

Ogres, giants and bogeymen embody some of our deepest fears, dominating popular storytelling in v...

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers,...

Phantasmagoria explores ideas of spirit and soul since the Enlightenment; it traces metaphors tha...

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers...

This unique study of the cult of the Virgin Mary offers a way of thinking about the interrelation...

What does it mean to 'kiss and part'? This collection of previously unpublished short stories fro...

Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of...

Especially for grown-ups, this is a selection of subversive, satirical, and sophisticated fairy t...