Andrew Brown spent part of his childhood in Sweden during the 1960s. In the 1970s he married a Swedish woman and worked in a mill raising their son. In the mid-1980s his marriage and the country fell apart. Twenty years later Andrew travelled the length of Sweden in search of the country he had loved, and then hated, and now found he loved again.

Almost ten years of historical and archaeological research on the Rows of Chester, Europe's most extensive surviving example of a medieval two-tier complex of shops.

Presents an introduction to how to develop and apply strategies for the analysis of qualitative data by exploring the ways in which analysis is related to various aspects of research. This book helps the reader to introduce an analytical component to various stages of doing research.

Serving as an introduction to the well-known French writer - Flaubert, this work explores his fascinating and at times controversial life, examining his works and the circumstances in which they were written and published. It is suitable for those with an interest in Flaubert or nineteenth-century France.

Claudine's House is a tender and heartfelt portrayal of childhood and memory. On first publication, its popularity was such that the 'Claudine' novels gave rise to a musical stage play and an entire range of associated merchandise. In an idyllic setting of countryside and woods, Colette spent her childhood surrounded by a warm and loving family. Years later, her memories and experiences inspired .

In this hilarious sequel to The Secret Life of Nuns, courtesan Nanna reveals to her confidante, Antonia, what really goes on in the lives of married women. A woman can only be saved from a life-threatening craving and utter damnation by a well-endowed priest; an over-devout matron releases the devil within her when she meets an attractive hermit; an insatiable wife is redressed by her husband in .

As a companion volume to 'Pantagruel', this new translation of Gargantua continues Rabelais' acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants.

This is a new translation of a most ingenious story by the author of '20,000 Leagues under the Sea'. With a highly topical plot - the ease with which man can turn to war - it is perfect reading for both adult and young readers alike.

A man is travelling in old Corsica, 'the land of the Vendetta'. He lodges with the widowed Madame Savilia de Franchi, who has twin sons: Louis, studying law in Paris, and the savage but noble Lucien. On his return to Paris, the narrator meets Louis, and is drawn into an affair that ends in tragedy and revenge.

Beginning as a delightfully wicked romp through libertine intemperance, De Sade's story soon turns into a macabre record of extreme dissipation. 'Incest' is a challenging and breathtaking masterpiece from the archetypal literary Libertine.

This volume provides a new translation and the first single-volume edition of a neglected literary gem of French literature, found here with its companion-piece 'A Nocturnal Expedition around my Room'.

Unites and translates some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court in The Waning of the Middle Ages , a work which is taught on many History courses throughout Europe and the USA. This title offers a discussion of the historiography and gives fresh perspectives on the subject.

This volume is a story about the dark forces that lurk beneath the facade of civilisation, where passions are brutal, and erotic love is seductive yet sinister.

In his three short stories, 'For a Night of Love', 'Nantas', and 'Fasting', Emile Zola presents characters in search of fulfilment - romantic, religious, and financial.

In 1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, was brutally stabbed to death by his cousin Lorenzino. Here we can examine the murderer's own defence of his actions in this jewel of Renaissance rhetoric.

It's 1923, and young Rikkat is brought up in the belief that her life will be the devoted to the art of calligraphy. That same year, Ataturk's republic breaks away from the Islamic tradition and abolishes the Arabic language. The resulting suicide of Rikkat's mentor only reinforces her spite for the new regime and her love for the ancient art.

Presents a scheme which enables the beginning researcher to organize and evaluate the research that they read and to plan and implement small scale research projects of their own. This title offers guidance on the development of a research question, techniques of data collection, and the writing and dissemination of research.

What if the moon were another world for which ours served as a moon? An absurd notion, but one which lead our narrator to travel to a paradisiacal world in which he is a monster, a malfunction of Nature and a myth. The dream quickly becomes a nightmare though when the ruling ecclesiastical courts condemn him for his thinking and illicit beliefs.

The Chevalier des Grieux is still a young man, but already life and bitter experience have worn him to a shell. The kindness of a stranger persuades him to reveal his troubles, the story of his helpless and ill-starred love for Manon.

This title is a new translation of a neglected literary gem by the author of 'The Scarlet and the Black'.