Following the breakout of war between his country and Queen Victoria's army, Alamayu finds himself without parents, throne or friends. In a misguided attempt to care for him, the British take Alamayu to England. On arrival he is enrolled at Rugby College to become a 'proper' English gentleman and he[...]

Why did Machiavelli write the Prince - and why did religious and political authorities find it so threatening? Five hundred years on, this book tries to answer these questions.
In the first detailed, chapter-by-chapter reading of the Prince in any language, Erica Benner shows that the book is a [...]

'What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.' Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happ[...]

The remarkable career of Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - 216) began as a provincial medic tending to wounded gladiators in Asia Minor. It ended at the very heart of Roman power as one of a small circle of court physicians to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. This is the first ever authoritative biography o[...]

Meet Netley Lucas, Prince of Tricksters--royal biographer, best-selling crime writer, and gentleman crook. In the years after the Great War, Lucas becomes infamous for climbing the British social ladder by his expert trickery--his changing names and telling of tales. An impudent young playboy and a [...]

Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and as a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been defended and applauded as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is rather than as it ought to be. In this edition there is an analytic introduction, a chronology of [...]

In Death in the Baltic, award-winning author Cathryn Prince reconstructs the story of the one the worst maritime disasters ever when 9,000 German refugees drowned fleeing the Red Army. Drawing on original interviews with ten remaining survivors and newly declassified records, she brings to life this[...]

This series provides a wide variety of enjoyable reading material for all learners of English. Macmillan Readers are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories, published at six levels - Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermedi[...]

It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. While the production of these films did ebb, the full impact of the attacks on Hollywood's creative outpu[...]