World of Christopher Marlowe (Riggs Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

World of Christopher Marlowe (Riggs Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

David Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to the fanatical pursuit of classical learning at

Oxford Student Texts: Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Texts: Christopher Marlowe (Bevington David)(Paperback)

Dr Faustus: A Text (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

Separated into two parts, Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great follows the conquests of an outlaw who slowly rises to power through extreme displays of aggression. When Mycetes, the king of Persia, complains to his brother, Cosroe, about a group of outlaws that were causing trouble, Cosroe

The Complete Plays (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

The complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's

Doctor Faustus and Other Plays (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death

Doctor Faustus - With The English Faust Book (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Isabella - She-Wolf of France, Queen of England (Weir Alison)(Paperback / softback)

Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. According to popular legend, her angry ghost can be glimpsed among church ruins, clutching the beating heart of her murdered husband. But how did Isabella aquire this

Drink? - The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health (Nutt Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive guide to alcohol, science and our health by a world-renowned, leading authority, Professor David

Short History of Modern Angola (Birmingham Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

Angola of geopolitical interest and this offers a brief

Inverted World (Priest Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Tales of the Peculiar (Riggs Ransom)(Paperback / softback)

Reckoning - The Murder of Christopher Marlowe (Nicholl Charles)(Paperback / softback)

The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as dubious. For the first time tracing Marlowe's shadowy political and intelligence dealings, Charles Nicholl uncovers critical new evidence about that fatal

Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers (Stewart Professor Ian)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling Ian Stewart tackles his biggest subject yet: the weird and wonderful world of numbers, from zero to

Secret World - A History of Intelligence (Andrew Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spies into the land of Canaan'. From there,

Age of Bowie - How David Bowie Made a World of Difference (Morley Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation 2019 (Milman Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation 2019 (Milman Professor David)(Paperback / softback)

The Jew of Malta (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

The Jew of Malta, written around 1590, can present a challenge for modern audiences. Hugely popular in its day, the play swings wildly and rapidly in genre, from pointed satire, to bloody revenge tragedy, to melodrmatic intrigue, to dark farce and grotesque comedy. Although set in the Mediterranean

Music and Probability (Temperley David (Associate Professor of Music Theory University of Rochester))(Paperback / softback)

Exploring the application of Bayesian probabilistic modeling techniques to musical issues, including the perception of key and meter.In Music and Probability, David Temperley explores issues in music perception and cognition from a probabilistic perspective. The application of probabilistic ideas

Conference of the Birds - Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Riggs Ransom)(Paperback / softback)

Professor of Desire (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

As a student in college, David Kepesh styles himself as 'a rake among scholars, a scholar among rakes' - an identity that will cling to him for a

Edward II Revised (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrific violence, Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society. Kept off the stage for almost three